Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air

[greatbearmd]

Reading about the massacre today at VA Tech was yet another moment that makes me think we might be seeing the downfall of the human race in progress. Climate change is currently on us, as the Northeast is getting socked in by snow or heavy rain, and I watch shingles flung off my roofs. Greed and self-centered behavior is the rule of the day

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[soundbear69]

Sadly, I agree. I have been saying that there seems to be a bit of "Bread and Circus" going on in the world and especially the United States. Give them more "reality" shows, but don't show the war. Wait, I can't talk... I work for the "Circus."

[darke]

I tend to view it as a matter of contrasts. The brighter we shine as a race...that just means our shadows become that much darker and clearly defined.

[holy13nation]

I was shocked and saddened by the news, of course.
But if you can nip into town and effectively arm yourself for Armaggeddon in the space of an hour, and entirely legally, there will be maladjusted souls who act on that, and monstrously.
Some people like to kill other people.
Why make it so easy for them?

sorry about this guys, but I'm an optomistic person by nature.

[beartech420]

When I see cruel things happen, I just see the need for me to do good and stand up for justice and charity. A lot of pundits will point out that it isn't the evil that men do that fucks this world. It is the apathy of good men that permits evil to grow. Today is the anaversary of Ben Franklin's passing. He found it very important that he was able to write down in his daily journal at least one good deed he had done that day!
BestRegards,
Pete

Re: sorry about this guys, but I'm an optomistic person by nature.

[dougoros]

I like that daily good deed thing...am gonna try it for myself. It's very true that the apathy of good men permits evil to grow....but are there enough good men to counter the evil? A truly good person wouldn't settle for apathy would he/she?

Re: sorry about this guys, but I'm an optomistic person by nature.

[beartech420]

it is kinda like a sin of omission. You know there is something that you need to step in and do. Your good angels are screaming in your ears to go for it. But there is this one lazy voice saying someone else can do it or it's none of my bussiness.
BestRegards,
Pete

Re: sorry about this guys, but I'm an optomistic person by nature.

[fingertrouble]

I'm not sure I believe the human race is 'shining' or these are the good times...too much bad and 'end of empire' feeling around things. The coming oil wars will make this all look like a walk in the park...

The problem with intervening or doing good, as I did recently when two people were advancing on one guy armed with chunks of wood; is the immediate response is incredibly aggressive, even when you remind them of what they are doing they seem to feel they have a right - well not on my street.

Luckily it devolved after I threatened to call the police into drunken name-calling. But that's the problem in a microcosm - you need to relinquish 'freedom' and 'individuality' for society and democracy; some like the right to beat someone to a pulp we all disagree with - so why do people think they have the right to do that, or worse?

[ciddyguy]

I will agree with a lot of what you are saying too. Right now, I'm rather desensetized(sp>) to this latest shooting in Virginia as this is yet another shooting at a school/college in recent years and we see this kind of thing going on all around us in fact - I do sometimes wonder if things are ever as bad as it seems when the news just seems to scream these trajedies on a daily basis?

Yes, we as a society need to rethink how we live, and I don't think we need to go to a monastic way of life, but be mindful of our consumerism/life choices and how we are using this planet up.

The answer is out there, somewhere, I wish I had it, but I don't.