Ignorance. Such a broad saying. I think may people are ignorant, but many people could say that I am ignorant in some cases and them in others. That's the problem with having a diplomatic mind, I try to see other people's views and beliefs. It's said very well in Harper Lee's novel, to Kill a Mocking Bird, that you can't judge a person until you "put on their skin and walk around in it." But I still think there is no excuse for blind ignorance, refusing to accept what is in front of you, poverty or homelessness, for example. But it people who are ignorant so don't value what should be. Like education or family, because in many countries education and family can't be taken for granted as you might never get the chance to go to school or your family could fall ill and die. That's what gets my goat. That and people blaming someone when the have no control over their situation or their actions.
Sorry everything is a bit gloomy, it's just that I'm noticing so many flaws in everyone everywhere, even my friends. It may be because I can recognise them in myself or that I believe the people who possess these flaws to be inferior or maybe it's just part of our culture to judge people constantly. Maybe it's our values and cultures we need to change not ourselves but everyone as a whole, maybe we need to value the community rather than the person.
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Monday, 4 March 2013
Other People's Ideas
Ideas are good. Everything was sparked off by an idea, so they are more than good, they are essential.
But I digress, our own ideas can seem to be the best, and therefore the most important, but what about other peoples ideas? They can be just as good, worse or, even, better. What I mean is, if a singer writes that is "not about money" and that she'll "pay them with love", then surely it would be a good idea to donate some of the money earned from the song, to charity? Another: the film Mary & Martha, its about raising money and awareness of malaria, wouldn't it have been a good idea for a few of the cast members to donate part of their salary to charity (unless they weren't payed anything to begin with)?
I rest my case: the world and all the people in it are selfish and greedy!
How gloomy.
But I digress, our own ideas can seem to be the best, and therefore the most important, but what about other peoples ideas? They can be just as good, worse or, even, better. What I mean is, if a singer writes that is "not about money" and that she'll "pay them with love", then surely it would be a good idea to donate some of the money earned from the song, to charity? Another: the film Mary & Martha, its about raising money and awareness of malaria, wouldn't it have been a good idea for a few of the cast members to donate part of their salary to charity (unless they weren't payed anything to begin with)?
I rest my case: the world and all the people in it are selfish and greedy!
How gloomy.
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