No one had ever suggested that we rid the nation of firehalls because firefighters start blazes. No one ever suggested that we rid ourselves of the Catholic church because priests had molested young boys. I don't know where or how you've reached that conclusion.
This is not off-topic because it speaks to the nature of humanity and the necessity for people to profit on the backs of others' misfortune. The entire game of life, ostensibly, is to make excuses for evil, profit from evil, and ensure that evil continues to exist to feed our self-centered and selfish interests.
Just like everyone else, I find myself constantly making excuses for evil. Whether it's defending a person that is spewing hatred in a forum such as this, a police officer who used excessive force in dealing with an offender, or a nation that has its priorities all out of whack. I do this not because I sympathize with those for which I defend, I don't even do it because I believe them to be in the right, I do it merely in the recognition of fault on everyone's side. It's just the nature of the beast, and I feel that we, as a people, must continue to support the lesser evil. In so doing, we can only hope that by diminishing evil through a slow and gradual process, we can eventually eliminate the evils that plague our society.
The original post was about how Canadians live in harmony with each other despite our differences. Clearly, the person who made the original post, has a very shallow persception of life in Canada. There is little to no harmony among Canada's peoples, and there will likely never exist harmony. The simple fact of the matter is that people profit from hostility. As long as people continue to profit from hostility, hostility will continue to plague our society. It's really just that simple.
As for me, I have grown weary of making excuses for certain elements. There are certain people that I am no longer able to forgive and forget. I find that I have become entangled in the mesh of hatred, and that my only escape is to destroy those that have targetted me. I cannot rationalize the situation and establish any other course of action that would satisfy my mind and deeply rooted hunger for justice.
Personally, I feel that I have spent too much of my life walking away from problems and pretending that they will just go away on their own. They won't. I would have to be very naive to think that they ever would. Yet, that was precisely my line of thinking for the last four to five years. I'm not about to continue any further in this fantasy that justice will prevail without my immediate and absolute call to action.
I have had a rather rude awakening of sorts. I have come to recognize that the system was not designed to work for the people, but to work against the people -- with more focus, to work the people. Justice does not come to those who are wronged. Instead, the victim must fight his/her own brave and galliant battle. Justice is not a right -- it is a prize to be won.
This is not off-topic because it speaks to the nature of humanity and the necessity for people to profit on the backs of others' misfortune. The entire game of life, ostensibly, is to make excuses for evil, profit from evil, and ensure that evil continues to exist to feed our self-centered and selfish interests.
Just like everyone else, I find myself constantly making excuses for evil. Whether it's defending a person that is spewing hatred in a forum such as this, a police officer who used excessive force in dealing with an offender, or a nation that has its priorities all out of whack. I do this not because I sympathize with those for which I defend, I don't even do it because I believe them to be in the right, I do it merely in the recognition of fault on everyone's side. It's just the nature of the beast, and I feel that we, as a people, must continue to support the lesser evil. In so doing, we can only hope that by diminishing evil through a slow and gradual process, we can eventually eliminate the evils that plague our society.
The original post was about how Canadians live in harmony with each other despite our differences. Clearly, the person who made the original post, has a very shallow persception of life in Canada. There is little to no harmony among Canada's peoples, and there will likely never exist harmony. The simple fact of the matter is that people profit from hostility. As long as people continue to profit from hostility, hostility will continue to plague our society. It's really just that simple.
As for me, I have grown weary of making excuses for certain elements. There are certain people that I am no longer able to forgive and forget. I find that I have become entangled in the mesh of hatred, and that my only escape is to destroy those that have targetted me. I cannot rationalize the situation and establish any other course of action that would satisfy my mind and deeply rooted hunger for justice.
Personally, I feel that I have spent too much of my life walking away from problems and pretending that they will just go away on their own. They won't. I would have to be very naive to think that they ever would. Yet, that was precisely my line of thinking for the last four to five years. I'm not about to continue any further in this fantasy that justice will prevail without my immediate and absolute call to action.
I have had a rather rude awakening of sorts. I have come to recognize that the system was not designed to work for the people, but to work against the people -- with more focus, to work the people. Justice does not come to those who are wronged. Instead, the victim must fight his/her own brave and galliant battle. Justice is not a right -- it is a prize to be won.
elevennevele said:
