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Originally posted by starseedflower
It is a very hard path of thought to stay on, mostly because people stuck in responsibility are going to blame and point their fingers at the ones "deviating" from their beliefs, no matter how right you and I might be.
Originally posted by AlreadyGone
I know... I am one of the responsible unenlightened people... but I have to ask...
The guy that is irresponsible or not responsible and does not work nor try to works... but is hungry and breaks into my house and threatens my family.. and takes the things I have worked and sacrificed for... maybe even tries to rape my wife and daughter...
He is cool... no responsibility.
I shoot his butt because I am responsible, protect my family and home... i am not cool because i am responsible.
I don't get it.
Originally posted by Oceanborn
You're talking about "enlightenment",compassion,kindness,"all is one" etc just to proceed and label people you don't even know as "bad","restrictive"and even "evil".
I don't know what to say.
Originally posted by starseedflower
reply to post by timerty
Most ills of our society do not derive from the ominous Illuminati, but from these very unhealthy mental attitudes, propagating across all layers of the social structure, institutions religious and non, from the smallest family nucleus to the governments of nations. Unfortunately it is something children are brought up into willingly by their parents, teachers, peer pressure and the very few that are born to self-aware families often become the subject of bullying and later ridicule if not even worse.
edit on 17-7-2012 by starseedflower because: no reason
Originally posted by charles1952
But I do wonder about a couple of things. If you went to a city and announced that on such and such a day nobody would be held responsible for their actions, do you think the city would undergo a spiritual revival? Or, would it turn into a war zone? If you leave a store, even a car, open and unoccupied for even a few days, will the contents remain untouched?
And the treatment for "criminals" you propose is interesting. You mention that the jails would be less over-crowded, but would they be empty? If not, you are holding some people responsible for their actions. If the jails are empty, does that mean that the rehabilitation you propose would be conducted on those who volunteer for it? If they are not volunteers, is that a significant difference from jail? Would they be required to continue in the program until someone declares them to be "rehabilitated," a potential life sentence to rehabilitation treatments?
Originally posted by earthling42
Every action has its result, so blame is natural.
It is what flows out of the first two steps, to come to an action, and performing that action, the result is blame.
No human is without action, but sadly it is the case that most are utterly irresponsible in their actions.