Are we relativists all religious fanatics?

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I remember as a child when I first saw something on TV about kids starving and dying in Africa, I was shocked. I was filled with sadness. I talked to teachers about in school. In fact, I thought not much people knew, because otherwise they would've done something or not be all happy.

Funny, when I heard of their plight: I was not moved an iota. I'm still not moved.

You're not a history major, are you?

Now after much time, when I see that, what do I do. Nothing. I am not shocked. It's normal. Everyone knows.

Suffering is brushed aside. And some of us go on about joining organizations (I was part of one) that work for the poor and oppressed. And it alleviates that guilt of doing nothing to a degree.

Suffering can be a known quantity, and not cared about. Me? I have exactly zero guilt for my neutral Jing

I'm glad that you don't feel guilty for something you didn't do, though.

Truth is even when we haven't done practically nothing: we haven't done nearly enough.

Reading that hurt my brain. You should stop doing that

Society can praise you all it wants. We vote and we think we are empowered. Truth is we have no idea what's going on.

We prefer to remain ignorant and blindly trust others.

At the same time, knowledge of oppression here and there....does what?

That's false, actually: we all are very sure of what's going on, but we are also, each of us, totally incorrect.

We prefer to think we're perceptive, and blindly trust ourselves.

Squat.

Some of us cared a lot but then convinced ourselves we are powerless. We embrace the culture that constantly turns it's eyes away from the problems of the world and concentrates on having good time.

You are powerless. If you weren't, you might as well still have a good time while you fix whatever things what you want fixed.

You can do what you want with your life.

Some of us maybe powerless, but others, we have a lot of potential.

You can live for whatever purpose you want.

You choose to be happy or sad. I can chose to be happy. I just rather not.

I can live to be happy. I just rather not.

I can't do what I want with my life, as it involves magic None of you have any potential, you are, all of you: worms. I cannot live for whatever purpose I want, as it involves magic

I don't choose to be happy or sad, I simply am. You can simply be, and experience the full variety of emotions, from happiness to sadness to anger... but you're not interested in perspective.

I hope you die a sad and wretched creature too.

As a former shiite Muslim, I remember crying for Imam Hussain and his companions that died for rising up for justice.

As a person who never cared, I mock your memory. Maybe I can elicit anger.

As for what it will do for oppressed and suffering. Even if it does nothing, I rather trying to remember their pain and that it motivates me to try harder.

Happiness makes you try little. And when you do little, you want to feel good about it.

Sadness reminds you, you been lazy. You haven't done much. You've ignored them.

Sadness makes you realize there is a long road ahead of you and you may never be satisfied with your efforts.

Happiness makes you clap for yourself for every half baked effort.

Even if you accomplish *absolutely nothing*, you think that you trying harder will do anything? For that, you'd have to be able to accomplish something, and you would have demonstrated that you cannot.

Happiness is a central experience, accomplishment is a peripheral experience. You can feel good about what you do, but happiness comes from within. If you're a happy person, you can accomplish little for a long time without much effect upon yourself. Sadness is a demotivator... it makes you depressed, it makes you lethargic, it makes you cry like a little baby. That's right, little baby: you haven't done much, regardless of whether you ignore suffering or not.

You will never be satisfied with your efforts, but make no mistake: that is not on sadness. That's on you. Worthless.