tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225901745216454303.post5235629068106542565..comments2023-08-24T09:30:37.809-07:00Comments on Carbon Dating: DesensitizingMozarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06098420179804637111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225901745216454303.post-73223674629760277042008-12-09T18:21:00.000-08:002008-12-09T18:21:00.000-08:00Abortion is always a good conversation-starter. A...Abortion is always a good conversation-starter. And an odd trend I've noticed is that people (or at least the younger generation) tend to get much more riled up about animal suffering than human suffering. I don't know why that is. Maybe because we see humans as brutal, powerful, and domineering (a side effect of the violence we're exposed to), while animals are helpless and innocent victims.Mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098420179804637111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225901745216454303.post-44831839456806115872008-12-09T18:10:00.000-08:002008-12-09T18:10:00.000-08:00A tough question, to be sure. I think you're righ...A tough question, to be sure. I think you're right: A desensitized culture is much more difficult to mobilize in support of some humanitarian idea. We're just too used it all.<BR/>My RA my freshman year kinda shocked me with his sensitivity. He wouldn't watch gory movies with us, and it kinda shocked me. I thought there was something to it, though, so I stopped watching those movies and started doing some meditation on pain and suffering (it's really amazing stuff. You should give it a whirl sometime). After a few months, I noticed myself not being able to watch the same movies and such in the same ways. I just get bothered by it now.<BR/>So I figured out how to transform myself, but society is a whole other question. I asked myself the other day what it would take to really, REALLY piss us off, you know? What would have to happen in before our generation would rise up and do something about it? How bad would it have to get? I don't know. We're an odd breed.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.com