Comments | shooman: Is it just me?

shooman

Is it just me?

Feb 08, 2012 04:06

Or does the world often seem more unkind these days... more demanding about respect and correctness? Yes in past ages there was intolerance and a lot of bad things happening in terms of racism, discrimination, and intolerance.
( long so I cut it )

Comments 5

moonsinger February 8 2012, 21:58:12 UTC

I know exactly how you feel. I had a bunch of people jump on me for supporting the Komen cause. I didn't say whether I agreed with their political ideals or not, but it was like how dare I support them if they remove funding from Planned Parenthood? What if I'm not a supporter of Planned Parenthood? No one considered that as a possibility, and I didn't bring it up because I know things would have been even worse. And to be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about Planned Parenthood. I only knew that even with 25% of donations going towards cancer research from Komen donations that was 25% that would otherwise be available if they didn't exist.

shooman February 14 2012, 07:36:53 UTC

I just thought-- it was their money. Either give money to them or don't. I'm not a big fan of telling any group or people how they have to spend their money. And yes, I agree-- if you give to them, you should want it to go to cancer research. The argument though is that the 25% was going towards cancer prevention or detection which was just as good for saving lives.

shooman out

moonsinger February 15 2012, 17:23:06 UTC

Yeah, I'm kind of the same opinion. Don't like what they are doing, then don't give money to them. I didn't like tearing down the cause though probably because my mom and aunt both are breast cancer survivors.

cudjo_dog February 9 2012, 14:41:00 UTC

Is it possible that respecting others is mutually exclusive with our recent culture of self-esteem/everyone's a winner?

just asking.

shooman February 14 2012, 07:38:08 UTC

I hadn't thought of that. I hope not. I hope we can learn good sportsmanship. In sports, there's always a loser. But there's a respect after the game... maybe not during... but usually afterwards of the opponents skill. If they weren't skilled, then the win wasn't worth it. And if you win against a lesser opponent, you'd have better have done it honorably.

shooman out