In The News
Labels: Compromise, Government, News, Politics, Religion, Society
Recently, while skimming the news online, I realized that I am more interested in the comments that follow the articles than in the articles themselves. The commenters can be quite amusing in addition to illustrating the trouble with graduating on a curve. No child left behind should mean we keep you till you get it right. No child left behind and shoved on through the shoot to make room for the next batch is making that horrible movie Idiocracy come true.
Reading comprehension is way down. At least in terms of half the people who read an article and then twist the story to the point of making it sound completely different than what I read. Makes me wonder if they read past the title before commenting? This happens a lot on forums both general and topical as well. People read a post and react rather than finishing out the thread to see that something was perhaps clarified or already apologized for...
Admittedly, I love to voice my opinion and would never begrudge anyone else the right to share their own thoughts, but at least get your facts straight in your rant. Try reading all the comments before yours so you don't sound like a parrot. Even more amusing are the truly hot issues that nearly burst into flames from the fighting going on down in the comment section. People arguing and tossing around very irrelevent insults never making a point and never offering any actual solution that they could live with, no just a long winded rant about whats wrong with the subject or the views of the other commenters.
Reading those comments is probably what has disheartened me the most about humanity. From what I can tell from these internet news hounds is that basically most of humanity is arrogant, self centered, prejudiced, self-righteous, and the more religious they are the less compassion they seem to have for non believers. Yes, there are always exceptions for whom I even have the pleasure of knowing personally, unfortunately I come across more attitude than empathy.
Perhaps that is why our government keeps trying to force us into being humanitarian toward each other along with other countries? Leaders always think if they can just force everyone to comply that in the end all will be happier for it. However self centered prejudiced people don't like to share outside their personal ideal of worthy. I cannot say that I blame them, being a bit selfish myself lately, it is hard to be a giver when you feel like you never get anything back. Though most of the people I come across who feel entitled tend to fall into my personal ideal of 'get over yourself.'
Our entire existence is basically a contradiction, with all the missing links and vague prophecies, yet people will argue as if they were there at the dawn of time. The shock would likely kill me if these folks ever admitted out loud that believing is not knowing. Religion explains what cannot be explained but there is nothing factual about it. And I will never support any law that applies to everyone yet is based solely on a religious perspective which has no place in our government. If you believe it is a sin then just don't do it. Leave the rest of us be.
Even the science of evolution is based on many, some yet to be proven theories which scientists have faith that they will prove one day just as the faithful theorize that someday their beliefs will also be proven. Still, there is plenty of evidence to make both theories possible in part, making it difficult to say if either is entirely wrong or right. There in lies the contradiction.
Which I why I choose door number 3. When and if humanity reaches a level of mental stability and emotional control the answers will be clear and will be nothing we could ever conceive currently. Whether or not that will involve some being who has been playing us like chess pieces will remain to be seen.
The ebb and flow of existence does seem to rely and react upon all parts working together. The idea that there is nothing beyond this makes as little sense as the idea that a supreme being cares who we marry or even if we kill each other off. The planet came first. The planet can survive without us, not the other way around. Any believable God would certainly care more about the planet than the monkeys who live on it.
Spouting propaganda, racism, sexism, and other ideals based on emotion instead of fact only compounds the tension ruining any chance of compromise. Often, knowing that your enemy understands your issues and is at least willing to consider a middle ground, is all it takes for you to realize that your enemy has valid issues as well and that perhaps you too can make some concessions.
Ultimately I think it would behoove most of us to at least pretend to be considering another persons point of view even if in the end you still don't agree, particularly in a public forum. There are days when I don't even agree with myself. LOL Which is why I tend to change my mind and my views a lot. Bickering like children only leads people like myself to write a blog about how ridiculously immature that behavior is. Very unbecoming as a human being in my opinion. Hardly worthy of the air being sucked in.
Additionally, if I have offended anyone in any way today, I sincerely apologize, and if I did not, please be patient, I will eventually.
