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Originally posted by OneLife
reply to post by Hendrix92TheUniverse
'ANYONE WHO DOES NOT FEEL THE PAIN FOR ANOTHER PERSON'S LOSS, IS TRULY DICONNECTED FROM HUMANITY. '
So you choose one event that's been displayed all across the different channels of TV for ratings, beefed up solely for shock value, to speak about how one's who don't give all their energy to people in pain, rather then to look at the daily suffering of Africa, the violence in the Balkans, and the many different scenarios around the world.
NO, I CHOOSE THE MOST CURRENT EXAMPLE OF THE CALLOUS YOUTH IN THIS NATION.
AMERICAN TEENAGERS ARE TOO SELF-ABSORBED TO EVEN LOOK AT AFRICA OR THE BALKANS, AND IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD RESPOND CALLOUSLY AND MALICIOUSLY.
If we gave ALL our energy to every person dieing then what of our own energy is left for us to grow with? We do not need to fully devote ourselves to others like fanatics. Yes, helping people is great and I try to, but no one man can help everyone.
I AGREE, YOU CAN NOT HELP EVERYONE, BUT BE AWARE, THAT THE WORLD IS WATCHING, AND IF WE SAY EVIL THINGS ON THE INTERNET, THEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW, WILL BE HURT EVEN MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW.
You use the one event on TV, something very beefed up to gain ratings, to spew your view that teenagers have no compassion or anything when they themselves are learning. Stop getting worked over it. Take deep breaths and realize when it's your time, there's not a thing you can do to stop it. You can fight, scream, shout, and plead but to surrender to the situation, to allow it to flow freely and play out as is, guides you down your needed path.
NO, IT GOES BEYOND WHAT TEENAGERS SAY, BECAUSE WHAT THEY SAY IS A REFLECTION OF SOCIETY. AND RIGHT NOW SOCIETY IS SICK BEYOND BELIEF.
I don't expect you to take what I say well as we're two different mind sets but humans are either all or nothing. They know not balance. Either give all your energy out to where you in turn become the shell of a person you were, or pretend it didn't happen. There's a middle point though that lots just see as evil, to acknowledge such events and know that they played out precisely like they were meant to, and to learn from it.
Originally posted by robyn
Unfortunately I don't believe the callusness is limited to American teenagers. They may just be a bit more uninhinited in expressing it openly. I believe there's an epidemic of selfishness and self-centereedness infecting our entire culture; the situation has been brewing and snowballing for quite a while.
There is a general disconnect between whar we SAY we value and how we behave. The truth is most folks seem to take their cues for what's important from the MSM. Beauty, youth, wealth, processions, power are seen as the measure of a person's value. Character and wisdom don't matter much to most. A cool phone or car or "hot body" is far more desirable.
A spiritual vacuum created fear and as "nature abhors a vacuum" a warped sense of value rushed in to fill the void.
Originally posted by LadySkadi
America is not doomed. Nor is the world.
How many comments on u-tube vs How many people in this country? or in this world?
Geez. Nothing like taking a few and idiots and turning us all into one. Stop the drama. Please.
Hugs for your sorrow, but what you are seeing is not indicative of the whole.
edit on 13-3-2011 by LadySkadi because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by inforeal
reply to post by Hendrix92TheUniverse
Don’t concern yourself with the apathetic and ignorant. Just do good deeds yourself and help humanity anytime you are able to, with the spirit of love, unity, and humanhood.
Originally posted by inforeal
reply to post by Hendrix92TheUniverse
Your own compassion and empathy is a beacon of hope. If you can try to educate those young people you speak of and involve them in compassionate work. Just inform them that there may come a time when they will be in need.