tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post209064520573200623..comments2023-04-03T11:35:23.984-04:00Comments on Stryder's Dementia: "I Hate People"Stryder Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16112472515398868068noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post-27222178439663843042011-03-21T13:06:33.455-04:002011-03-21T13:06:33.455-04:00I hear ya man. I'm a big ol' misanthrope ...I hear ya man. I'm a big ol' misanthrope myself. That's why I've escaped to the country. Less people. I find that the more dense the population, the less likely people are to care about a stranger in need:<br /><br />I was recently in a car accident just outside of Stouffville and a lot of people stopped to inquire if I was okay, if they could drive me somewhere, if they could call someone for me etc... The police officer who came to take the accident report told me that I was lucky to have an accident up in the country, because had I been further south near Pickering people would have called the police saying: "Yeah, I just drove by someone who was in an accident. You might want to check that out..."<br /><br />It almost seems to me as if humans have a finite number of people they hold within their "circle of people to care about" and everyone else just gets shut out. And it's understandable: If you walk through the Eaton Centre or Union Station you just can't look each individual person in the eye, ponder what they are doing, what they are thinking, absorb their facial expressions and body language, etc... There are just too many people. But I think our minds <i>want</i> to do that when we are around other humans, so in effect we have to turn-off our perception of that stuff just to be able to complete the task of walking through that crowd to catch a train or buy a pair of shoes. <br /><br />And I think population density plays but one part. There's also the whole argument about how today's media and methods of communication are skewing our social interactions. I have been thinking a lot about empathy and mindfulness over the last few years and I plan to post my thoughts on it to my blog, one of these days... I think at least one person working towards a solution is Mary Gordon and Roots of Empathy program. I think there was a time when we used to get this education at home -- when we had larger families and lived in smaller, more closely-knit communities. But I think this type of education is necessary in present day society if we want to live in a world where people truly treat others as they would want to be treated.Marchijehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896225854108765753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post-66397068958616979602011-03-16T15:59:00.912-04:002011-03-16T15:59:00.912-04:00yes we all need to take a really good look at how ...yes we all need to take a really good look at how we are living out our lives and how what we do and the way we live can and does effect others. We are so spoiled, and it seems to always takes a crisis like an earthquake and tsunami and nuclear blowout to wake all us humans up to how we are destroying the world we live in. God have mercy on us all! im so glad to hear that you did the right thing and didnt pass him by, also that your friend got away, I am hoping as well that you still phone the mall and let them know whats going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474307009213960037.post-55202300505273714702011-03-16T12:42:28.305-04:002011-03-16T12:42:28.305-04:00I think you can replenish your faith in people whe...I think you can replenish your faith in people when you look at something like the Japanese right now. The stories of the chaos and the basic goodness of people in that environment are really breathtaking. <br /><br />Ultimately I think we're spoilt, and we're brought up to be spoilt, and its going to take a big, devastating shock to change the way we deal with each other.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495997845721866644noreply@blogger.com