Originally Posted by lightningmystix
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Because we're human. We live to be different. If we didn't, we'd still be in Stone age.
Why is it so hard for you to grasp that?
And Jikanu, you are looking for utopia. The world is never going to be absolutely fair, absolutely sane, face it. To make it that, you will have to put everybody under the same religion, same routine, same thoughts, same everything. Something like 1948. -all hail BB!-
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I dont want SAMENESS. im talking about somewhere where we ARE different, but we RESPECT those differences. there's plenty of people who i've debated with in another forum on religion who have radically different view points on life than me; however, we still get along amiably outside of that forum. why couldnt that apply to the israli and the palestinians, or the middle east and the western world? *sigh* i suppose i just dont understand humans. Oh well. x.x
if it came off as me believing that sameness is the way to go, im sorry. that is certainly not the belief i hold.
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Originally Posted by Ivramire
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A good example to use is the one of Global Warming, and more specifically for the point I'm going to use, the previously high gas-prices. Unfortunate fact of life; a lot of people won't give a damn about something unless it affects them personally in some way.
Millions of lives affected by the actions of a few highly-industrialized countries? Polar Ice-caps melting? Why should I care? People do start noticing however when they have to pay some part of the price. That came home for a lot of people when oil jumped to it's highest prices for as long as they could remember, as well as every single time they had to fill-up their 15/MPG cars. It hit them right where it hurts, not in the head, not in the heart, but in the wallet.
Undoubtedly, there are those people who were and are moved by more unselfish motivations, who use periods of adversity to jump-start change and foster awareness. Those people however are a bit harder to find.
Caring enough about things to invest time and effort into them demands a lot from the people it takes from. Some people just don't have that much to give. It's good to aspire to something greater, but without actual action and something more than words, noone's not actually going to change anything.
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*Sigh* you bring up a good point, especially in that last paragraph. i suppose that's simply the depressing fact of life. People are generally selfish beings, i suppose... Hopefully the next generation will be a bit different from the current one... It more likely than not wont, but Hope, no matter how false, is better than the destruction which follows hopelessness.
However, even small things help. it doesnt require a huge amount of time and billions of dollars. for example, there's a website known as "Kiva.org" where you can give small loans to people in developing countries that they pay off over time. that's a small and easy way to make a difference, you know? it's something you can afford, and you're one step closer to solving world hunger.
But anyway, back on topic, i suppose im just an idealist. i dont know if that's a gift or a curse x.x