A Culture of Callousness.wmv

Another horrible happening involving teenagers. (sigh)

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• Kayla Manson
• incivility
• culture
• callousness
• teenagers
• violence
• beating
• golden rule
• rage
• texting

[italiadolce90]

Also, think of it this way. Had the boy killed himself (still an extreme act), the story would have been completely different... she would have been seen as a bully. I am terribly sorry for both parties involved, and am just heart-broken by how casually people hurt each other in today's world. There is no regard for human life, nor for human heart.

[spokenlife]

@italiadolce90 That is an EXCELLENT point!

[portablejoe]

...in retaliation. Sometimes I wish we could all just start over, then I think, 'Where? Cain & Abel?' I, too, am beginning to think we can't turn this around now. Gotten' jaded.

[spokenlife]

@portablejoe I totally agree. CULTURE cannot be changed because it's way too far gone (and incidentally, if you believe in scripture, it was prophesied that it would be just this way). However, we can all decide to make a change in ourselves. One person at a time, it is miraculous what can happen. "I'm staritng with the man in the mirror." Thanks!

[PrometheanFlame]

I think that I'm bothered by the idea that this girl "deserved" to be beat for what she said. I understand the general idea that there are consequences for one's actions, but the first time I caught word of gossip surrounding this incident all I could hear were some girls on a bus saying things along the lines of "that's what she gets." I understand that this boy was not in a sound state. He had just lost his brother to suicide. All the same, I would have tried to stop him from hurting the girl.

[spokenlife]

@PrometheanFlame Absolutely agreed. Which is why I tried to state so clearly that no one deserves to be treated in such a manner and that violence is absolutely not acceptable. I just also believe that we live in a very, very violent time when people are so fierce. It is best to just assume that your safety will be in jeopardy if you are not careful with how you interact with others. But you have no argument here at all.

[TheBestMusicChannel8]

Great vid. And I'm no innocent. But when I realized why I would say the things that I would sometimes say to people I realized that it was because of a lack within myself. Sadly I don't believe that most adults who are so vicious with their words are so because they feel a lack. They actually feel gratification. Some people are just evil. :o(

And most people know that they will get snapped on that's why these folks are mostly annonymous. They're evil cowards.

[heavenseek]

In the past only the mature / qualified could speak out to a public forum, whether that be a town hall meeting or a media outlet. Now any nobody can vent their nihilism out at the world. We've heard "Spare the rod, spoil the child"...and that has indeed been eradicated, right?

...Well, not really: that same rod has actually been handed over to the children---who use it against each other.

[OfficialGetGln]

regarding the hate on youtube I've decided that much of it is from trolls (probably teenagers) who think it's funny and just want to see what response they get. i wish more channels would monitor their comments, remove the hateful ones and block the haters.

[NotTooObvious]

i do not like the way society is set up. it allows for violence like this. i am a maxist because of things like this. we should have no violent crimes.  maybe someday humans will become more civilized to each other and decide peace is better instead of greed. but, i won't hold my breath. thanks for the video. i love the color of your walls.

[pipecover]

Nice sentiments. This freedom of speech thing is not supposed to be used as a bludgeon against innocent folks who mean you no harm.

[johnstoosexy]

Josie Ratley received the beating not Kayla Manson

[italiadolce90]

I completely agree with you. I myself am a 20, and had suffered from depression for a year after a series of traumatic events (including the deaths of three loved ones). During that time, certain people decided to let out their callousness on me for absolutely no reason. And they knew very well what I had gone through, rubbing salt in the wound out of meanness. I was nearly suicidal... I am appalled by how the boy reacted. But... why is hurting someone's feelings taken so casually these days?