I'm not happy - I don't care
And I know that it's unjust of me to be hating on the people because of the government, but I don't care if it is or not.
I have to count myself in with the OP. I've had to deal with too many deaths the last 12 months. Four older relatives, plus one my age that I lived next door to as a kid, and one of my closest friends (those last two in just the last few months.) If I let the deaths of those thousands and thousands of people in China and Burma and everywhere else get under my skin, I'd lose my mind. So I sort of agree with you, somewhere down deep, I'm walling myself off from feeling the deaths of all of those people in China. I can't let it in and feel really bad about it because there's nothing I can do about it other than feel worse than I already do. Does the world somehow lose out because I keep the tragedies from driving me crazy? Is that unforgivably selfish? I really don't care.
Anubis
No Lifer
i do not hate chinese people nor am i an irrational person
im looking at those pics & eating some tomato soup, and i dont feel bad at all
soup tastes good
It's normal to be desensitized after being bombarded with bad news after bad news. It seems like we've had a lot of natural disasters lately that seem almost biblical in proportion with incomprehensible number of deaths.
This in addition to 9/11 and the Iraq War and the weird weather patterns. And I'm getting at an age where I've noticed a physical decline and possible emerging health problems (that forced me to finally go to the doctor's for the first time for a physical). And I'm also seeing my parents aging where I'll become more and more of a caregiver. It seems all downhill from here...
Exactly, thats the thing... I dont give a damn if all of ATOT doesnt care if I die, I know they dont, and I know 99.9999999% of the world doesnt, whats new? I DONT CARE! And I would hate it if someone unknown to me felt bad because of me dying, thats just stupid, you have nothing to do with me, go on with your life
Thats why I think the way I do, I dont care if whole China disappears in a Tsunami, and neither do I expect anyone to care if my whole country goes poof in the next 5 days, they dont have anything to do with this, so they should mind their own lives
OP, it's fine that you don't care. You are entitled to your opinions/feelings. But why bother posting about? Why make it publicly known? What are you trying to prove by telling everyone that you don't care? It seems you are purposely drawing attention to yourself about this subject by creating this thread, and that DOES make you a bad person.
Anubis
No Lifer
Right, you have a vested personal interest in it, thus your reaction. To the rest of us it's just another tragic event...BFD, shit happens.
:roll:
Sucks for you, we still have nothing to do with it, and no, we do not expect you to be sorry about our loses either, get over it
People need to stop lieing to themselves... Face it, you dont care unless its someone related to you, stop trying to make yourself look better than you are
BoomerD
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Because YOUR family lives there we're supposed to care?
Don't get me wrong, (nor, from what I read, the OP or other posters) it's NOT that anyone is glad all these people have died.
That is a horrible thing, it's just that since we have no personal involvment in any way, we just don't care.
It's like driving by a major car accident with bodies and severed limbs in the roadway. We slow down to look, and say (or think) "how horrible," but then go on our way, totally unaffected by the tragic loss of life.
Our caring or not caring doesn't affect the outcome of the incident, there nothing we can do to UNDO what happened, we're just indifferent to the loss of life.
Hopefully your family is OK.
None of us wishes any harm to the people living there.
I haven't seen anyone (including myself) dancing in the streets, cheering over the loss of life, hoping they'll find another 100,000 dead Chinese, or anything remotely like that.
There is a huge difference between not really giving a shit over the tragedy, and wishing or hoping that more will die, or celebrating that so many have died.
Why do you care how the OP feels about something that affects you (a stranger to the OP) personally, but doesn't affect him personally? He doesn't owe you anything, he doesn't know you. You're getting pretty worked up over his feelings. Maybe you should concentrate on your own feelings about the tragedy and not worry about his feelings about it.
Capt Caveman
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And then there are people who do care even though they are not related to the disaster. People volunteer and contribute daily to organizations that help others that have been devastated by disasters.
I think some people need to spend some time outside of the country and/or do some volunteer work. I'd like to think we're here on this planet to help others and make this place a better world.
Saying you dont feel bad chinese citizens died because of 'bad' products being produced and a bad government is retarded.
Saying you dont feed bad chinese citizens died because it's just a fact of life natural disasters kill people and there is nothing one can do about it may be seen as heartless, but at least you wouldn't be stupid.
Saying you dont feed bad chinese citizens died because it's just a fact of life natural disasters kill people and there is nothing one can do about it may be seen as heartless, but at least you wouldn't be stupid.
Well I'm not going to read through this whole thing to read all the self righteous responses, but I feel as the OP feels. I don't care about people in China. I care, somewhat, about people in America. Why can't we work to end American suffering before we worry about people over seas. hundreds of people are killed every year because of tornadoes, thousands more are injured and/or lose their homes and jobs when whole towns are wiped out, yet no one in America seems to care about them.
dainthomas
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Wow. You can look at pictures of crushed and mangled children and not care because it's no one you know? Seriously? (And people come on here and defend you?) What the holy hell is wrong with your brain?
This type of dissociation or emotional detachment can be a symptom of autism or perhaps a sociopathic disorder. You really sound like you need help. And yes, I'm being serious.
Anubis
No Lifer
im pretty sure i could look at a pics of crushed and mangled people that i do know and still eat soup and not feel bad
and no im not a sociopath. the only part of the definition of a person with a personality dissorder that fits me is being somewhat antisocial. im never bored and can always entertian myself, ive been told this is a good thing for about 20 years
I'm sure some of them said the same thing about what happened to the people of New York city or the Pentagon on 9/11/01.
Human are hard wired to hate each other...
Human are hard wired to hate each other...
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