Originally posted by: Pers
good day...i hope your cheaper gas isn't being taken for granted -- people i love are dying for it
Sweet, cheap gas! If more people you love die does gas get even cheaper? I sure hope so. It's still too expensive.
Don't mistake indifference for ignorance. They are completely different animals.
Would it be fair to say that, even before this war, most in the Middle East would be
at least indifferent about my (as an American) life, safety, etc?
They have better things to do? Good, so do I. I will worry about the war when the bombs drop on someone I know. Until then, I will pass by the petrol station every morning and notice with some sense of satisfaction that the price is dropping.
My complaint about the war is TOO much restraint is being shown. One life of someone I know or care about is worth more than 10,000 lives of those I don't.
The same goes for you too Pers. Afterall, you are here now, during this war, expressing your frustrations at the danger people you love are in yet I would be willing to bet you've never shown the same concerns (or made the same amount of posts) about the hundreds of thousands murdered in Rwanda in the 90s during the worst genocide campaign since WWII. You do not care for them because they are not your people. Do not feel bad, I do not care for them either. I do not care about anyone in the Middle East either. Sorry, I care more about cheaper gas because it affects my life far more directly than the well being of your family does.
I am simply telling you what MANY, MANY people feel. Although, the vast majority of those who feel this way would never be able to admit it even to themselves let alone anyone else. A lot of these people must maintain thier pseudo sense of compassion because it makes them feel better... although it usually is shallow, empty and hollow. If one REALLY cares about the Iraqi people right now they could AT THE VERY LEAST donate a substantial portion of thier income to assist in humanitarian efforts.
However, when it comes time for 'compassionate' people to back up thier feelings with actions and/or funds a great deal of these people are suddenly missing.
I enjoy my sociopathy. At least it's honest. Ahhhhh sweet liberation!
The chorus of bombs and petrol prices dropping in symphony is music to my ears.
Then again I could be lying in order to cover up painful guilt over the horrible deaths of innocents in the criminal action undertaken by my country.