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[velilana]

 I know I am going to sound so cliche, but what the hell is the world coming too now a days? It seemed to me that a few years ago if someone was in a  car wreck, or was murdered, or a robbery happened, everyone talked about it. Now, no one seems to care, and all you see on the news is "Baby found dead" or "3 Teens Killed in Wreck" or "Major Crime

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[ziggythewalrus]

Don't worry, it's not just the world today. It's always been this way, if you read through history. It might just be that the people you are around have grown too cynical to care any more about other's problems, or as you mentioned, they might be worrying about their own problems with money, jobs, etc., and don't have the energy to care about others.

I think one of the most important aspects of life is to try to be more than an animal. Animals generally care only for themselves and their children, and no one else. To be truly human, in my opinion, one must look at larger problems, problems outside one's own family/community, with an eye to finding solutions.

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[velilana]

You're probably right on the whole history thing.

I don't think animals generally care simply about themselves and their children though. I've watched my dogs be kind to other dogs (and cats occasionally), and I've seen monkies be kind to each other as well. Maybe in my post animals wasn't the term I was looking for. Barbarian might be better. :/

I don't think there really is a true definition of being human. Just because you can look at the bigger picture and try to find solutions doesn't necessarily mean that you're human, just as on the flip side not doing those things makes you unhuman. My sister is severely handicapped, so she can't look at the bigger picture because understanding the situation she is in is difficult for her to begin with, much less can she try to find a solution to it, and just because she has the inability to do that shouldn't make her any less of a human.

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[ziggythewalrus]

I meant 'to be truly human' as more of a metaphor for rising above our basic nature and becoming something truly worthwhile and meaningful. And of course anyone who is handicapped should not be judged by the same standards as a normal person, that wouldn't be fair.