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 Mar 7 2007, 01:06 AM
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I felt so terrible seeing an albino teenager on a train a while ago. I watched him for about a half hour and the whole time, he kept his head hung between his legs and tried to cover himself with his arms. He lifted his head a grand total of two times but it was only 2 seconds before he put his head down again. Now, the reason for his behaviour could be due to anything, really, but I had a gut feeling it's due to the uninformed/prejudiced/ignorant people in society.
What if ill/harmful feelings were reduced/removed from society somehow? Would people be more forgiving and open-minded if they are surrounded only by such thoughts? Or do you think they serve as a balance to keep things in harmony? As in the yin&yang? Hypothetically, that's all fine and dandy but we all know life isn't perfect. |
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Mar 10 2007, 03:23 PM
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 The one man Voltron  Group: Member Posts: 711 Joined: Dec 2006 Member No: 491,519 |
QUOTE(mona lisa @ Mar 7 2007, 7:06 AM)  What if ill/harmful feelings were reduced/removed from society somehow? Would people be more forgiving and open-minded if they are surrounded only by such thoughts? Or do you think they serve as a balance to keep things in harmony? As in the yin&yang? Hypothetically, that's all fine and dandy but we all know life isn't perfect. I think that it's possible for an individual to feel less inclined towards holding unnecessary and/or unfounded harmful feelings towards others, whereas how this could be extended to society as a whole remains a mystery to me ^^;. In the long term, if social groups become used to coexisting and do get to know each other better part of the harmful feelings such as gender, race and physical discrimination (for example) could see their impact on society diminished. Still talking in a purely hypothetical sense, as a society grows richer in cultural terms it should be harder for the group to manatin old prejudices and misjudgements (as well as to create new ones). Seeing as how humans as a whole tend to gather knowledge rather than to get dumber, there's room for moderate hope on a more decent future <.<;. |
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mona lisa Life is like riding a bicycle Mar 7 2007, 01:06 AM
kayceeisms No, Mona, you're the mind reader. Meanie! ... Mar 7 2007, 09:02 AM Lady Nakuru i dont think its ever possible for ill feelings to... Mar 10 2007, 02:35 AM My Cinderella. I'm kind of half and half on this. I mean, sur... Mar 10 2007, 04:44 PM mona lisa QUOTE(Lady Nakuru @ Mar 10 2007, 2:35 AM)... Mar 10 2007, 04:50 PM
Kurd Jam QUOTE(mona lisa @ Mar 10 2007, 10:50 PM) ... Mar 10 2007, 06:11 PM Spiritual Winged Aura Not to be rude, but it reminds me of Michael Jacks... Mar 10 2007, 06:11 PM |
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