I've pretty much lost faith in the human race, and I haven't even been around that long, I'm only 17! I always find myself asking where is the compassion? The connectedness? Then I realize that I haven't been alive to see a time when those things were even in action, it was decades and decades ago when those morals seemed to be held true. It's sad, just sad.
For me one real application of "turn the other cheek" is to continue to be compassionate and to cultivate sensitivity without losing hope or being angered by the insensitivity of others, anonymous or not.
@PhiltrumOz you gotta look at that link i posted with people saying its karma from pearl harbor. i just wonder what we've lost since the fifties, sixties, seventies that makes people feel fine saying such unintelligent hurtful things.
I read the facebook posts thing earlier today and I thought I was going to throw up. I'm with you all the way on this topic. It's utterly horrifying. The worst part is, people you know could be posting things like that anonymously. Like what wolfie said, there are no consequences. Nobody in there right mind would stand up in one of my classes and say something like that. It's gutless, disgusting, and ignorant.
You don't need to be forgiven for making this video. I really appreciated it and wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. Sometimes I wonder if having these types of thoughts about being a human is something a majority of us do or is this type of thought process only reserved to a special group of us wanting something more out of our time in existence.
I don't want to lower my expectations of people, in general, but they are making it really hard to not to do so.
@chennlo it hurts, doesn't it? I mean, thinking of people going through life with such a narrow view of their surroundings. I feel the same way. I daily battle not dropping down to the level of people that injure me. sometimes i really want to go to someone's page on youtube after they leave an ugly comment and leave them one, but...i don't. that turning the other cheek thing kinda smarts sometimes.
Well put - reading the buzzfeed article you linked to was infuriating...just a bunch of ignoramuses. I'm glad you posted this video - now I know there are still good people out there!
@Beachapeeater i don't want to believe there are people like that out in the world, but there are. it is strange isn't it? I wish i could just have a day or a week in their life to see how someone could reach these ideas and thoughts.
Also, triviality does abound.. The world has changed dramatically and deeply over the past ten years. There are many anachronisms now in philosophy, economics and politics. Art must speak to this to be relevant. Art must look at the politics of Madison Wisconsin, the environment of Japan, and the wars in the Arab states and speak to the causes and cures. Oil is running out. Water is running out. The population continues to grow. Art must speak. Great intellects apply here.
Creative, intelligent people rise up to the challenges, and the greater the challenge, the more creativity needed.
We live in a time of great paradigm shifts, but I doubt if it has anything to do with a religious book. Earthquakes happen. What's changed is the population has increased dramatically, at three people per second, so any disaster is going to have greater consequence. More people, more resources consumption, more environmental damage. Art must speak to this to be relevant.
Ignorance is bliss and these days we are in a ocean of bliss.I'm always amazed when ppl do like they are about japan they have done the same with every disaster that I can remember it is sicking.when you fully know if they were in the same place they wouldn't want that done toward them.I donated and if you want to really get it into ppls heads go to derspeigals web site they have a before and after photo thing that is mind blowing.
@bearchay889 i actually read someone on facebook today admitting they haven't been paying attention to the news on purpose. now what does that serve? that is in my opinion, very irresponsible.
I've heard/read a lot of "Pearl Harbour karma" comments too. I'm just so shocked that people can even THINK that. It makes me so... angry. And trying to tell them why they're wrong is pointless, they won't even listen. They think it's some kind of joke and it disgusts me.
I have some friends whose families live in Ishinomaki (where th damage was horrible), and they still haven't heard anything yet. It's really terrible. I guess I can only hope that everything will be fine. Well, and donate money (which I already have).Thanks for making this video, it helps my belief in humanity that people like you are here.Also, I'm not too worried about the world ending; I think every generation is convinced that they're the last (like nuclear winter fears in the 50s). Love!!!!
I hope your brain feels less stress soon...and your heart. It's impossible to imagine what they're going through. I'm thankful to know people who actually give a shit about them. Big hugs. :(
About Japan, I don't think humans are programmed to feel that much empathy. Especially for people they've not met. We have this inbuilt barrier, which is understandable I think given how our species evolved, in little family groups. Rather than get down about how other people fail to be nice, I just feel good when I see people stretching beyond what's usual, like you just did.
@BaubleRob thanks, your comment made me feel really good. i do believe we can have empathy, its just almost a talent these days you have to develop. i feel that society is making it very relaxed to not have to care about something on another continent.
@missduni Yeah, people are like that, but I don't think it's society making us that way. I think people have always been like that. My grandma still can't conceive why it might have been wrong to nuke the Japanese in the 40s, because she was 15 at the time and totally shielded from their suffering. Then Vietnam happened and for the first time we saw uncensored images from the front line. The same limits on our empathy exist, but I think we're getting much better. So I'm optimistic.
Yeah, I think people in the 50s would have said that. 15 year old kids, y'know? They're always the same. I actually think we're getting more polite. My grandma, like most people's grandmas, are angry about political correctness, but all it really is is being polite to people. What my grandma thinks is politeness is adhering to meaningless social mores.
Thank you so much for this video. I feel the same way and I know there are a lot of people out there that do also. I also saw a bunch of comments about Pearl Harbor and stuff about how Japan kills whales so they deserve it. I'm not much of a cryer but when I saw the destruction in Japan and saw people's reactions I actually cried for the first time in a long time. It was just a pent up feeling of loss of compassion among the human race. It is so sad.
@threatmantic I hope you're doing better now. I'm feeling a little bit better but I feel like my ear is always against the radio listening for the newest info.
This was such a great video, you've said everything I've been thinking. People astonish me more and more every day, the way they act and treat each other. It's comforting though to know there are still people that think the way we do, we have empathy. Things like what happened Japan are clearly signs to try to wake up the world. As far donations go, wealthy people who choose to spend millions of dollars on a fucking summer house but can't help their own kind out? i don't understand it.
@Capgungoesbang yeah, i feel like people make excuses and can really tune things like this out. it isn't hard to donate. it isn't hard to care just a little bit. without empathy i'd feel lifeless and stagnant.
@wolfgirleatsbaby i just wonder if times have changed that people don't care anymore about common courtesy. I don't want to believe that it was the same in the past, i'd rather believe that we used to have more manners and that somewhere along the way we lost them. the question is, how do we get them back?
Ugh Michelle, I feel the same way.
I've pretty much lost faith in the human race, and I haven't even been around that long, I'm only 17! I always find myself asking where is the compassion? The connectedness? Then I realize that I haven't been alive to see a time when those things were even in action, it was decades and decades ago when those morals seemed to be held true. It's sad, just sad.
Nannigan 11 months ago
For me one real application of "turn the other cheek" is to continue to be compassionate and to cultivate sensitivity without losing hope or being angered by the insensitivity of others, anonymous or not.
breathead 11 months ago
@PhiltrumOz you gotta look at that link i posted with people saying its karma from pearl harbor. i just wonder what we've lost since the fifties, sixties, seventies that makes people feel fine saying such unintelligent hurtful things.
missduni 11 months ago
I read the facebook posts thing earlier today and I thought I was going to throw up. I'm with you all the way on this topic. It's utterly horrifying. The worst part is, people you know could be posting things like that anonymously. Like what wolfie said, there are no consequences. Nobody in there right mind would stand up in one of my classes and say something like that. It's gutless, disgusting, and ignorant.
aTRUEstencil 11 months ago
You don't need to be forgiven for making this video. I really appreciated it and wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. Sometimes I wonder if having these types of thoughts about being a human is something a majority of us do or is this type of thought process only reserved to a special group of us wanting something more out of our time in existence.
I don't want to lower my expectations of people, in general, but they are making it really hard to not to do so.
chennlo 11 months ago
@chennlo it hurts, doesn't it? I mean, thinking of people going through life with such a narrow view of their surroundings. I feel the same way. I daily battle not dropping down to the level of people that injure me. sometimes i really want to go to someone's page on youtube after they leave an ugly comment and leave them one, but...i don't. that turning the other cheek thing kinda smarts sometimes.
missduni 11 months ago
Well put - reading the buzzfeed article you linked to was infuriating...just a bunch of ignoramuses. I'm glad you posted this video - now I know there are still good people out there!
Beachapeeater 11 months ago
@Beachapeeater i don't want to believe there are people like that out in the world, but there are. it is strange isn't it? I wish i could just have a day or a week in their life to see how someone could reach these ideas and thoughts.
missduni 11 months ago
Also, triviality does abound.. The world has changed dramatically and deeply over the past ten years. There are many anachronisms now in philosophy, economics and politics. Art must speak to this to be relevant. Art must look at the politics of Madison Wisconsin, the environment of Japan, and the wars in the Arab states and speak to the causes and cures. Oil is running out. Water is running out. The population continues to grow. Art must speak. Great intellects apply here.
jimisru 11 months ago
Creative, intelligent people rise up to the challenges, and the greater the challenge, the more creativity needed.
We live in a time of great paradigm shifts, but I doubt if it has anything to do with a religious book. Earthquakes happen. What's changed is the population has increased dramatically, at three people per second, so any disaster is going to have greater consequence. More people, more resources consumption, more environmental damage. Art must speak to this to be relevant.
jimisru 11 months ago
Ignorance is bliss and these days we are in a ocean of bliss.I'm always amazed when ppl do like they are about japan they have done the same with every disaster that I can remember it is sicking.when you fully know if they were in the same place they wouldn't want that done toward them.I donated and if you want to really get it into ppls heads go to derspeigals web site they have a before and after photo thing that is mind blowing.
bearchay889 11 months ago
@bearchay889 i actually read someone on facebook today admitting they haven't been paying attention to the news on purpose. now what does that serve? that is in my opinion, very irresponsible.
missduni 11 months ago
@missduni Yeah that is I can see limiting it a bit so you don't get desensitized to it but not watching at all is irresponsible.
bearchay889 11 months ago
I've heard/read a lot of "Pearl Harbour karma" comments too. I'm just so shocked that people can even THINK that. It makes me so... angry. And trying to tell them why they're wrong is pointless, they won't even listen. They think it's some kind of joke and it disgusts me.
IHaveFlagella 11 months ago
@IHaveFlagella no remorse. that's the worst thing for a person to not have.
missduni 11 months ago
I have some friends whose families live in Ishinomaki (where th damage was horrible), and they still haven't heard anything yet. It's really terrible. I guess I can only hope that everything will be fine. Well, and donate money (which I already have).Thanks for making this video, it helps my belief in humanity that people like you are here.Also, I'm not too worried about the world ending; I think every generation is convinced that they're the last (like nuclear winter fears in the 50s). Love!!!!
JamieDanger 11 months ago
I hope your brain feels less stress soon...and your heart. It's impossible to imagine what they're going through. I'm thankful to know people who actually give a shit about them. Big hugs. :(
Jannabelle126 11 months ago
About Japan, I don't think humans are programmed to feel that much empathy. Especially for people they've not met. We have this inbuilt barrier, which is understandable I think given how our species evolved, in little family groups. Rather than get down about how other people fail to be nice, I just feel good when I see people stretching beyond what's usual, like you just did.
BaubleRob 11 months ago
@BaubleRob thanks, your comment made me feel really good. i do believe we can have empathy, its just almost a talent these days you have to develop. i feel that society is making it very relaxed to not have to care about something on another continent.
missduni 11 months ago
@missduni Yeah, people are like that, but I don't think it's society making us that way. I think people have always been like that. My grandma still can't conceive why it might have been wrong to nuke the Japanese in the 40s, because she was 15 at the time and totally shielded from their suffering. Then Vietnam happened and for the first time we saw uncensored images from the front line. The same limits on our empathy exist, but I think we're getting much better. So I'm optimistic.
BaubleRob 11 months ago
Yeah, I think people in the 50s would have said that. 15 year old kids, y'know? They're always the same. I actually think we're getting more polite. My grandma, like most people's grandmas, are angry about political correctness, but all it really is is being polite to people. What my grandma thinks is politeness is adhering to meaningless social mores.
BaubleRob 11 months ago
Thank you so much for this video. I feel the same way and I know there are a lot of people out there that do also. I also saw a bunch of comments about Pearl Harbor and stuff about how Japan kills whales so they deserve it. I'm not much of a cryer but when I saw the destruction in Japan and saw people's reactions I actually cried for the first time in a long time. It was just a pent up feeling of loss of compassion among the human race. It is so sad.
threatmantic 11 months ago
@threatmantic I hope you're doing better now. I'm feeling a little bit better but I feel like my ear is always against the radio listening for the newest info.
missduni 11 months ago
This was such a great video, you've said everything I've been thinking. People astonish me more and more every day, the way they act and treat each other. It's comforting though to know there are still people that think the way we do, we have empathy. Things like what happened Japan are clearly signs to try to wake up the world. As far donations go, wealthy people who choose to spend millions of dollars on a fucking summer house but can't help their own kind out? i don't understand it.
Capgungoesbang 11 months ago 3
@Capgungoesbang yeah, i feel like people make excuses and can really tune things like this out. it isn't hard to donate. it isn't hard to care just a little bit. without empathy i'd feel lifeless and stagnant.
missduni 11 months ago
its really scary how people take anonymity to the level they do, i read certain
things that people say and it amazes me that such horrible things run through
people's minds like that...such careless thoughts.
there are just so many sad and scary things.
and its comforting to be able to send a little somewhere
to help, but i always still feel endlessly and hopefully
stuck and depressed for the people living the
awful situation, whatever it may be.
wolfgirleatsbaby 11 months ago
@wolfgirleatsbaby i just wonder if times have changed that people don't care anymore about common courtesy. I don't want to believe that it was the same in the past, i'd rather believe that we used to have more manners and that somewhere along the way we lost them. the question is, how do we get them back?
missduni 11 months ago