Im not sure where to put this, but i think it could be put in many places.. so im just going to put it here..
When people hear on the radio that something has happened, whether it be a fire, a murder, a bombing, a terrorist attack, etc.. etc.. they dont really pay much attention to it.. i mean yea they will think, oh its so horrible that this has happened.. they dont really care or pay much attention to it, unless they relate to it in a certain way.
9/11 is a good example of this, when i first heard about it, i was like, well this is HORRIBLE! but since nobody who i know died, i guess it doesnt matter so much to me.. but then i found out about HOW many ppl around me lost relatives and family and that even i lost some people who where special to me, and it hurt more then anything...
i dont think it's a good thing to have people not really care when things like this happen, and i think people should opentheir eyses more to when events like this happen..
Something like that recently happened to me, it was an event that im positive many people heard on the radio, television or any other type of news, and i was thinking how many people in this world probably dont care about it at all, and how the people who DO care about it.. felt really hurt
what do other people think about this? do you feel that it's something that is a problem?

No we're not, betherex, no we're not.

Humans are great! We can do so many cool things! Our only problem is that we're so powerful, and power corrupts. But humans can be so nice and sweet and loving too. Never give up hope. Never lose faith in your own speices.

Peace out.

So much sh*t happens in the world, if we felt all of it as deeply as those suffering we would spend every moment of our lives in grief. But people do, I'm sure, feel sympathy for your loss, whatever it may be. They may not feel the pain that you feel but that doesn't mean they don't understand. Good luck and I hope you can get through whatever troubles you are having.

I picked up the 'peace 'n' love' slogan after I went to a friend's hippy party in the summer, we were all saying it the whole time and one of the reasons I started using it was because it reminds me of good times with friends… also I think it's a good ideal, if not a realistic one. Some people are such a*ssholes and always will be, the idea of loving everyone is pretty unachieveable. But the idea of understanding everyone is achieveable, it's within everybody's capacity to see another person's point of view. It's just that not everyone uses that ability so it is lost. It's so much easier to stick to your own rigid ways of thinking, blame a problem on the other guy and never stop to question and explore an issue. Human beings as a race are such underachievers. We produce brilliant individuals but en masse we're total f**kups.

I know what you mean, puppysong. I am very sensitive to all the horrible things that happen in this world. It hurts to watch or read the news (but somehow I still do it... I don't want to be one of those people who knows nothing of the world outside their own). But I react differently. I often freeze up, try not to care, even become defensive, because I'm not a very strong person, and the last thing I need is one more thing to be depressed about. Maybe that's why some people try not to care... maybe deep down, they do care, a lot, but they don't want to show that they're a frightened, crying little child inside. Either that, or they really are self-centered, apathetic jerks.

I agree, the world needs more understanding, and more objective thinking. But, to tell the truth, Trickywidget's comment made me nauseous. I'm sorry, I cannot spread love to everyone. Some people just don't deserve that from me. I think this whole peace and love thing is a bit sickening, though maybe that's because it has become rather cliche. The world could really use some of it, but take it too far, and we'll be denying human nature. It's pretty scary, actually. Read "The Giver," by Lois Lowry ( I think that's her name), and you'll see what I mean. :/

Sometimes love can be as confusing as it is powerful. And part of that love is understanding. It is a lack of understanding that makes the world the way it is, but not a lack of love.

I believe that this world would be a much better place if we could get people to understand each other. I believe that 9/11 would've never happened if bin Laden had just took the time to try to understand why the "infidels" acted the way they did.

I believe that a whole lot of people would be alive if we just took the time to understand each other.

It's like a marriage. A marriage is not sucessful if there is no understanding.

Might I remind you bunch of tree huggers/flower sniffers about this little thing called reality, unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world, and there are some things in life which will always inheritantly exsist ie.bad and good, life and death etc....no matter how many good intentions are thrown about, I'm not saying that you should give-up your cause but at the same time you should try and realize that having your head in the clouds and hoping that your perfect little world will come about into exsistance is just setting yourself up to become even more vulnerable when fate calls your number, I know I don't have all the answers but keeping your eyes wide open imo is the best way to approach life in general, seeing and accepting all aspects of life, both good and bad as being symbiotic, life to me was meant to be a journey of trials and struggles to test our fortitude and character and to hopefully help to shape the societys of world in a positive aspect.
I agree war bunk deal altogether, but unfortunately the history of our planet has proven time and time again where good exsist so will evil exsist also, it is for some reason the nature of our species, and at the same time you should remeber just because a person choices to become a soldier or marine, it doesn't mean they are some blood lusty rambo, wanting rape pillage or plunder, or to satisfy the urge to become a bad a$$, they are mere human not unlike any one else, they are aware if not even more so of they're own mortality, they fear death, yet they have commited themselves to a higher purpose 'For the behalf of the greater good', and they may take life in the line of performing task on behalf of their society interest and deffense, but in true essense when that actual moment comes they fight for the survival of both thier commrades in arms, and of course their survival aswell. We should be grateful to any such person who would sacrifice so much on our behalf.

yeah.... it's great to sympathize and feel bad, but you really can't get upset over everything that goes wrong that you hear about. think about it... this world sucks, and there is a lot of not so great stuff that happens everyday, and you would just cry your whole life away if you truly cared about it all

My condolences for your loss.

But I absolutely agree with you. A lack of empathy is far too common in this world. It's what leads us to war and murder, the root cause of all the suffering around us. The only solution is to spread the love, far and wide. I hugged a cop at a protest today. Remember, we're all the same.