You've probably heard of the recent shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. Senseless tragedies like these are unfortunately a recurring thing in our society, and I imagine we are drawn to thease more than other tradgedies (like natural disasters) because of their unexplainable nature...you can understand WHY a hurricane or bush fire ravages towns and comuntiys, but you can't explain or understand someone who takes a gun and massacres young people and children.
The fact is, we as humans are incapable of caring for every awful thing that happens..and thats ONLY what we know about.We can;t really fathom what we don;t see/hear about on the news. This is natural obviously as I think we'd all explode if we felt for everyone who died like it was a loved one.http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html
and yeah, this isn't a new thing.If we see s terrible tragedy on the news we'll stop for a second and go "huh..thats terrible" and then likley forget about it the next second.As is human nature.
To my main point, when a tragedy happens and its discussed you'll get "those people"
Shit happens.
Nary a fuck is given.
Life goes on.
Oh my god 28 people that i had no relation to died!
I mean it's not as if millions die everyday.
Those poor, helpless people! Oh the humanity!
*sob*
and I know what your thinking, especially if you are the one of the people I quoted
geez Vault101, youre being a self rightious, passive agressive twat! its not like YOU actually care anymore than I do, your like one of those people who use feigned concern as a kind of moral masturbation "oh look how awosme I am I care so much about this tragedy" yeah I don;t care, why should I? it doesnt affect me and this shit happens all the time
and right you are mabye, I probably don't "care" anymore than the next person, but my problem here is not for the lack of fucks given.Your not obligated to care nor should you be.
But its the attitude of "those people" that pisses me off to no end.See you didn't have to care, yet you went and you had to make a point about how little you cared.Why? what did you contribute to the discussion? was it to get a rise out of people? well ok, congrats you succeeded
is it because you SO fucking proud of yourself that all thease silly people are being "emotional" over somthing that doesn't affect them and using it to circle jerk themselves in a mass of moral vindication? you're too cool for that though right? so you gotta tell us how fucking edgy and cool you are and remind us all that PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT EVERYONE..DIDN'T YOU KNOW THAT!!??
yeah, we did know that actually, its not a fucking new concept.My point is its pointless dickish behaviour and calling it out doesnt not nessicaryly make me one of those "self rightious crusaders" and on the oterhsiide "those people" arent always the "edgy people who see the truth"
so anyway. am I over-reacting? what do you think?