Category: Let's talk
Here's one of my cynical observations. Sorry, I can't back it up with written proof, but it's just something I observe about people, and that's in general and not restricted to this site. At least here in America, there seems to be a lot of division over a lot of issues, like abortion, the death penalty, prayer in school, what have you. I think, though, with all this division, there is one thing all of us believe in universally across the board. We believe that whatever our political or religious stripes are, the other guy is out to get us and will ruin everything if they come into power, and the other guy is to blame for just about everything wrong with everything. Guess that point of view makes for interesting talk radio, doesn't it? Hahahahahaha!
Paranoia strikes deep,
Into your life it will creep,
It's starts when you're always afraid,
The men come and take you away.
Is it paranoia, or just denying the monster in your own mirror so to speak? BTW, what song were you quoting from?
Hm, I think you need to make a really subtle but very important distinction here, namely between rational and emotional reaction. Yes, I agree with you, emotionally, we always think the other guy is out to get us, and we feel that he is the evil one who needs to be stopped. But I don't think we can help that. Naturally we are most attached to ourselves and those we care about, and that perspective dictates that we care most about ourselves, and thus must wishs to stop whoever is "out to get us". But on the other hand, rationally, I don't think you're right. I think that most people are capable, no matter what their emotional attachments are, to independently assert right and wrong, and realize that in any conflict, both sides are just doing what they need to do. Take terrorism for example: Personally, and emotionally, I'm outraged, and feel that "we" should once and for all take care of "them", whatever that means. But reationally speaking, even though I don't think terrorism is in any way a legitimate way to attain your goals, I do realize that the people who are resorting to this tool are simply doing what they feel they must. I don't think as a whole and "them" is any more evil than any "us", if that makes any sense.
Hm very interesting.
Susanne, you make some good points that I'll probably kick around later. My point is this. You'll never hear one of the conservative talk show clowns giving us a grocery list of everything the groups or people they agree with have done to account for how bad they think things are. It's always the liberals and democrats and not themselves, never themselves. They always do the right things for the right reasons with only the best of intentions. The other guys are just going to ruin everything and forever doom us. Makes for good entertainment, and I guess a lot of people need an easy enemy to blame, but it's just too damn easy to blame the other guy just because you can.
Sorry hommie--replying to the first post-- that dind't make sense at all. I have no clue what the fuck you're tyring to get at, um, but usually when you're on one side, the other is your view of the negative side, so I don't exactly get the question.