well, it didn't take my morning long to go to crap.
The question of charity was brought up, where someone noticed that they could give money to charity by cutting a few luxuries out of their life, but they don't. Basically, because the don't have a problem with it.
While their response bothers me a lot, that they simply don't care and admit it, they are honest. It bothers me that people are poor, etc, but I don't do anything to help them either. Classic bleedin' heart liberal action. Hell, I just bought a ticket to see the Orb; I could have saved how many families in Cambodia with that money?
But let's say you give your money to an organization. Does it magically go ina little envelope right to that person? Are there fees, taxes, budgetary loopholes? Does the end result mean someone gets 4 cents for every dollar I give? And what about more direct methods? If I give 5 bucks to a homeless woman, will she use it to get food or a blanket, or just buy booze or smokes? What about homeless who just want to live on the street and beg for money?
It bothers me that everyone is so callous. It bothers me that I think others are callous, but I don't do anything to help them either. Which makes me a hypocrite, which I hate WORSE than being callous. I should just become callous too, look out for myself, not let it bother me. But by giving that up, it's just another step on a slow slide to anarchy, where everyone just looks out for themselves and fuck anyone else. If you can't take care of yourself, then what good are you right? Someelse is on the street, poor, dying? Fuck 'em! Right?
Hell, if the homeless are such an inconvenience, we don't care about them, let's just kill them. Sure, you could give people 1-2 weeks on the street to get their act together, get to a shelter, whatever. After that, it's a bullet to the head and another body for the land fill. Thousands starving in other countries? Oh well, you shouldn'thave had all those kids or whatever.
Harsh? Callous? Like you think any differently.
Long breath....
Once again, I take everyting too seriously.
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