Because anger is the default emotion. It's easier to be mad about things and shout and run in circles than it is to say "I need to do something about this." If we say "There are people out there who shouldn't have access to [guns] [cars] [members of the opposite sex] [mayonnaise]." Then someone else can say that "[insert your name here] should not have access to....", and that means that I am, somehow, not living the American Dream.
I need to do something about poor people. I need to do something about sick people. I need to do something about the people who need help.
It means that we can't sit behind the TV or the computer at night. We need to get up, and go out and do something, interact with people. People who we may not want to intract with, but wil have to.
It's not "cheap," it's not easy. I do one weekend a month getting up and helping people, and one weekend a year, and that adds up to about a thousand hours a year. That's a half time job.
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Date: 2012-07-21 05:54 pm (UTC)I need to do something about poor people. I need to do something about sick people. I need to do something about the people who need help.
It means that we can't sit behind the TV or the computer at night. We need to get up, and go out and do something, interact with people. People who we may not want to intract with, but wil have to.
It's not "cheap," it's not easy. I do one weekend a month getting up and helping people, and one weekend a year, and that adds up to about a thousand hours a year. That's a half time job.
--Hawk