tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post1259789838168735288..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: If There Were No Traffic Cops...Ryan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-82051616824775755342007-11-12T08:35:00.000-06:002007-11-12T08:35:00.000-06:00If there were no traffic cops (or "Da POE-leece!" ...If there were no traffic cops (or "Da POE-leece!" as my mom calls 'em)...I'd be really, REALLY scared. Why? Because there are far too many people around here who actually HAVE that kind of mindset, who think it's okay to act like daredevils as long as there's no cops in sight. Why do you THINK the Baltimore/DC era has the worst traffic in the country?!Laser Potatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16143657204385385380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-78962765041508456322007-10-27T10:37:00.000-05:002007-10-27T10:37:00.000-05:00In fairness, these people, as far as I can tell (a...In fairness, these people, as far as I can tell (and remember I was one of them) don't ACTUALLY have a total lack of basic human empathy. Rather, they just have one of the cruelest self-inflicted forms of poor self esteem there is in this world. Unfortunatly it's not just for them but they apply it to everyone.<BR/><BR/>These people were taught that humans, all humans, are garbage, worthless evil beings deserving, every last one of them, of infinite suffering. Of course in spite of how they actually treat people (whether they happen to be a jerk or are really nice, which if anything I have found is a completely seperate attribute from what religion they follow) they are still convinced they are garbage and so is everyone else. It really isn't any wonder they've convinced themselves that without god's grace/ridiculously extreme carrot and stick proposition, everyone would just smash each other's heads in and feast on the goo inside.<BR/><BR/>Most of these people, when I talk to them without religion coming up, seem just like me. They don't like hurting people because that person would be in pain if they did that, which hey for most except certain "damaged" individuals is a negative in itself. What a concept. Even certain people with low empathy are able to understand logically that if they themselves don't want to be hurt they can't limit that to themselves alone, reciprocation or no it logically must be applied to everyone.<BR/><BR/>A lot of religions do this though. It seems one of the easiest ways to get people to join your self-help program is to convince them beforehand that you are in fact broken and need fixing. It isn't surprising a lot of them have to say a diety invented morality rather than the reality, morality is a human construct that really should be focused on human concerns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com