One Eyed King
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2017.07.22 05:07:00 -
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Joel II X wrote:One Eyed King wrote:Joel II X wrote:Am I the only one who doesn't care when anyone outside of my social/family circles die? No. Oh, that's good. One Eyed King wrote:There are other heartless bastards out there too. Heartless for not caring for a complete stranger? Millions die everyday. People you've never met. Some just happened to get their name out there through luck or otherwise. Others just wither away from a cruel life. You're basically saying everyone is heartless because we value everyone differently. You value a musician who took his own life willingly above some nameless kid in Syria who died from a a bomb attack, without a say in it whatsoever, just because you didn't know his name, while I, on the other hand, only value my family and friends above anyone else. Ah, the irony.
I was mostly joking, but there are a lot of assumptions wrapped up in there. I mean, someone heartless wouldn't even care about family and friends.
One, you somehow draw a conclusion about my comparative level of concern for a musician and a Syrian child when in fact my statement never even suggested a level of concern. Plus your statement also suggests that one cannot possibly care for multiple people of different backgrounds, whether that was an intentional suggestion or not.
Second, you assume that people taking their own life are doing it entirely rationally and therefore willfully. There are many circumstances in which suicide happens, and I can't even pretend to understand what some of these people go through. My own brother in law killed himself leaving behind my sister and 16 month old neice. Chester left behind six children, and having seen what they will be going through first hand, I can't help but find some degree of sympathy.
Public figures often affect the lives of some people just when they need it most. I don't think it strange that people are grateful for those figures and their gifts, or that sometimes those gifts can have profound affects on an individual. Nor is it strange that they should mourn the loss of someone who made a difference to them.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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