"Don Stockbauer"
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On Aug 19, 5:02 am, "Tim" q.con> wrote:> "Don Stockbauer"
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> On Aug 18, 12:34 pm, "Tim" q.con> wrote:
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>>> "Paul"
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>>> Lately I've been thinking how the human race is "pathetic", myself
>>> included. We're celebrating life by going to the movies, listening to
>>> ipods, participating in olympics, playing, and living our lives while
>>> people suffer, kids are molested, women are raped, etc. etc.
>
>>> I've been thinking that we should do what we can to end world hunger,
>>> war, help refugees, homeless, etc. THEN celebrate life.
>
>>> I can't stand all these egos and all the awards and everyone
>>> celebrating as if the world is a perfect place.
>
>>> Person X wins an Oscar, or a Gold medal, while Persons A, B and C
>>> starve to death, are raped, or put in prison.
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>>> What is my problem? Existentialism?
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>> Perhaps you are falling prey to the very 'problem' that you are
>> describing?
>> Life, whatever it is, is not worth celebrating all the time, sometimes
>> it
>> needs to be questioned and put in its place. Why should I or anyone else
>> bother to end world hunger--unless I or they are starving? Should I not
>> instead have a closer look at the situation? Aren't there too many
>> people?
>> Whose fault is that? Celebrate your life! To hell with everyone else;
>> put
>> yourself first. If yourself is a helpful and kind soul who helps others
>> that's fine. But recognize that you are helping others to help yourself
>> and
>> you are really putting yourself first. Feed some Africans for a day and
>> you'll give them enough energy to find some old lady from a different
>> tribe
>> guilty of witchcraft and enough energy to set her on fire. Don't feed
>> them
>> and no one burns.
>
>> Perhaps this is your problem. You care too much. So much care isn't
>> warranted. Perhaps the meek and the weak ought to perish and perhaps
>> that
>> ought to be celebrated? I recommend a good dose of Nietzsche. Or lower
>> your
>> standards -- the lower the better -- the less you expect the more you
>> are
>> likely to find worth celebrating.
>
>> Remember, the answer to the question of life, the universe, and
>> everything
>> is 42.
>
> Your problem is that if you ask people for help, you'll get 6.4
> billion different answers.
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> Really, I'd guess I'd get one of two answers: yes or no.
Actually, there's the excluded middle. 6.4 billion of them.
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Actually in the case of help there is no excluded middle. It's either yes or
no.
