Thread: Never again!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I really like the overall feel of your post, but I myself don't think education is the key here. In fact it can have the opposite effect.

I think some of us to a greater degree, and all of us to some degree like hate. I think we like anger and power and control and violence and even evil to some degree. What I'm saying is, that for some people, compassion is not something that will happen. I feel that's evidenced by the horrific evil acts that are perpetrated against masses. A violent act against any living thing is wrong; but genocide is just plain evil. I fail to understand how some of my fellow humans can be degraded to such a degree, yet at the same time I understand it completely. I don't want to understand it but I do.

carmaloschneider:
Except for the statement about education (which I think is the "silver bullet"), I agree with everything you wrote.

I think education about anything negative, meant to stop the negative acts themselves, can actually have a reverse effect of informing and exciting a negative tendency. Some people I know (myself included, when in the army) gave undue reward and favour to violence as a form of control, enacting our own version of 'right' and as a hobby. Violence and hate can be a drug. I feel young people, already possibly disenfranchised, aggressive, arrogant, might embrace the idea rather than shun it.

That is certainly a possibility. However, I prefer to err on the side of education as there are few certainties in life.

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

That is certainly a possibility. However, I prefer to err on the side of education as there are few certainties in life.

Few? There's not even any. Death and taxes? LOTS of people don't pay taxes. And the end of the world might come now, before my natural death..At times I wish it would, but I still love life and the ability to love.

Damn, I need a hug now...


Mick

I think i'll play Kumbaya during my next shave.

Yes, while dressed in a grass skirt, with flowers in your hair...

Originally Posted by EisenFaust

I think i'll play Kumbaya during my next shave.

The Ladies forum is over there ===>

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Glen:
I grew up listening to Survivor's stories, and the affected me deeply. When they would say "Never again!" they were referring to the attempted destruction of Jews specifically. I'm not quite clear as to the meaning of your post.

EisenFaust nailed the meaning, probably better than I could have,,, The genocide during WW2 was just one such occurrence, there were many before and they are still going on, we haven't done much to stop them either as "Civilized" countries..

I also agree with your outrage at the idiots painting Swastika's on a Temple, but I believe that your assessment is correct with the "Ignorant Kids" ..

For the OP of the thread, I'm sorry. I know this kind of thing can be difficult and infuriating. But it's my solid belief that the kid responsible is neither a nazi, nor a radical. He's just a bored kid, with less than adequate parental influence. Kids in general tend to be a bit impulsive and destructive. As an example, during my first week as an all grown up college kid, we managed to break every chair in my friends apartment, the dining room table, and the sliding glass door. We clogged the sink, put holes in the walls, broke doors off hinges, and generally wreaked havoc wherever we went. It's in the nature of young people to do a lot of stupid destructive things, for no other reason than there is nobody around to stop them. I wouldn't take this as an affront on anyone in particular. It's just a kid with too much time on his hands, and not enough maturity in his head just yet. Let's just hope he gets confronted with consequences, instead of a finding other youths to nurture his destructiveness.