2006-07-05 01:13:29 · 18 answers · asked by jessie f 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Excellent point.
2006-07-05 01:39:37 · answer #1 · answered by -Tequila17 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when a utensil drops you are still alive to look, all the people who care are too dead to look when a bomb is dropped and all the rest are so relieved that they are alive are too busy looking and making the most of the life before they were taking for granted. Also a utensil is local, if they show the bomb on tv you are likely to be glued to the screen or turned far away from it but if no journalist bothered to film it because no Australians or relevant people were killed then there is nothing available for you to look at, in fact you don't even here about it. You have to make an effort nowadays not to live a biased blinkered life because all second hand info is from anothers point of view.
2006-07-05 01:23:39 · answer #2 · answered by sereneicequeen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people care when a bomb is dropped, and not only those under it or near it. Although bombs continue to drop, it is not because the majority ignores the action.
At far as the utensil dropping, I reflect on restaurant experiences where a plate or glass drops. Everyone stops, momentarily, in most cases. I think it is out of empathy, as we've all done it.
2006-07-05 01:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by Tad Dubious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is a bit tongue in cheek. If a bomb is dropped a mile away from you, you will look. If a utensil is dropped a mile away from you, you won't look. Generically, you mean that when a bomb is dropped it has usually been discussed in advance and surprises no one in that conversation room, but when a utensil is dropped it has usually not been discussed in advance and surprises everyone in that conversation room
2006-07-05 02:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by deep9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that's totally true. Most people do care when they hear that a bomb has been dropped. It's usually quite far away from us and there's nothing we can do. We don't see the outcome first hand, we're only hearing about it. If a utensil is dropped, we are there and hear the noise and are sometimes startled by it.
2006-07-05 01:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by ctryhnny04 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a bomb is dropped, its all over the news, everyone cares. If a utensil is dropped, I'd ignore it.
2006-07-05 01:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People care is a bomb is dropped, but can't do anything about it...
If you drop a utensil, people will look, or laugh, or see if help is needed, because it is within their power to do so...
2006-07-05 01:23:46 · answer #7 · answered by Kath 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The literal answer to your non-literal question: Proximity
In a non-literal way your question is quite smart, but then again is more of a statement then a question.
People don’t generally pay very much attention to things that they perceive as not affecting them. So I sudden noise on the other side of the room warrants more attention than a bomb dropped on the other side of the world. We tend to be very short sighted beings.
More than ever though, we are becoming aware that anything that happens anywhere in the world eventually affects us.
2006-07-05 01:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by kennyfraser 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Again simple. The bomb isn't drop near you. If it does, you won't care anymore for you don't need to care anymore likewise, can't care anymore. As for utensil, it's just pure reaction.
2006-07-05 01:21:58 · answer #9 · answered by Yoon K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you think no one cares when a bomb is dropped?!?! I would imagine the people it is dropped on care very much, as do their loved ones, as does the American military contractors, as that's another bazillion dollars they can charge the taxpayers, plus they have to remember what percentage cut of that money they have to kick back to Dick Cheney.
2006-07-05 01:45:59 · answer #10 · answered by Silent Kninja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bomb can kill me. A utensil is also in a more enclosed area.
2006-07-05 01:16:52 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋