Let me tell you a little story:
There once was a girl who, while driving to dinner with friends, saw a dog get hit by a car. It was tragic to be sure and she cried for two full hours throughout the meal with her friends. Upon leaving the restaurant, she passed a car accident and could not crane her neck far enough to abate her desire to witness a dead body.
The point I’m trying to make is that a lot of people are devaluing human life anymore. As with the story above (which is true btw) people have either become desensitized to the idea of death or maybe it’s just that we’ve gotten to the point that we don’t think of people as beings with souls when we live in a city as big as I do. You’re surrounded by strangers for most of your day. When you don’t know a person, does it make it that much easier to consider them to less than human? Or, in the story in question, is it possible that the girl was looking for death that was already there and it had nothing to do with the life that was lost?
You tell me? Are we as a society slowly losing our morality?
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There's a fascination with the macabre that seems evident in most people. I don't know that it's a lack of morality, or a dehumanization of those we haven't met, but that it's a curiosity of how bad it can get. It could perhaps be a curiosity about what comes after life.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious, where did the beginning story come from?
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for me to answer this question, because I don't feel like I myself am desensitized, so it's hard for me to put myself in someone else's shoes in this instance. It's easy for me to say that yes, she was just curious of the situation.
I think that morality and sensitivity are two different things. A person can have a high set of morals and values. They believe in God, treat others as they want to be treated, are honest, hard working, and have a heart of gold. But that same person can drive past an accident scene and have no feelings about it whatsoever. Or walk past a thousand people in a city with blinders on, so-to-speak, and not see a single person. And yet, if one of those people stumbles and falls in front of them, they would stop and help them.
ReplyDeleteI know people who are good and honest with hearts of gold. But they are very introverted and not comfortable around people. Yet, if they saw that someone needed help, they would not hesitate. They don't approach people and don't like being in a crowd. They are more comfortable being alone. My mom is one of them. But she will spend her last dime helping you if you need it.
So, to answer your question, and of course it's only my opinion, I see the two as different things.