2006-08-03 03:09:55 · 15 answers · asked by spiritualseeker 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wow, good point dude. thanks. that actually made me think alot, why don't we pay any attention to things like that? we look up answer and myspace so we can learn news about ourselves, but what about that. thanks.
2006-08-03 03:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by Hafeman 5000 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because the car is part of your life, your reality and the child maimed in lebanon isn't - So naturally we care more for the things in our immediate environment rather than current worldly events.
2006-08-03 10:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I have an investment in my car. If I knew any lebanese children who had been maimed, I would be far more upset about that - but as it stands, it's a country halfway around the world. The deaths and injuries there are very sad, but they're just - well, they're just trivia. Without a personal connection, they have no mental kick-in-the-pants power.
2006-08-03 10:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by Brian L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
?????
Why Just in Lebanon? It is a catastrophic regardless of where the child is maimed or what ethnicity or religion he/she is.
And not sure where you got this idea from about scratches in a car.
2006-08-03 10:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you don't know anyone in Lebanon, and the car is more personal to you, but I have a new car, and still find what is happening in Lebanon sad. There was a picture on cnn.com yesterday of a bombed building and a dog waiting on its owner. Very sad. =(
2006-08-03 10:14:49 · answer #5 · answered by aloneinga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance separates people from reality. A great example was the outpouring of care after 9/11. It was close to home and many Americans stepped up to the plate. However, between the desensitization that occurs in our media, and the volume of brutality we see on television, we blur the line of reality and become comfortable in our keeping up with the Jones lifestyle. While one previously stated, the scratch is in your face and probably caused by negligence or pure vigilance. Anyhow, the scratch violates their personal space with which they have created.
2006-08-03 10:43:20 · answer #6 · answered by brokentogether 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a terrible question. I have to say that my car is not new and I pray for peace every day.However, what is the difference between the maimed child or the aborted one in many clinics in the US.......
2006-08-03 10:16:28 · answer #7 · answered by silhouette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the scratch is real the maimed child remains an image, something virtual.
2006-08-03 10:23:07 · answer #8 · answered by Chevalier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the child maimed in Lebonon. Don't get me wrong its upsetting that children are getting killed but its not my reality. Thats someone elses life and I'm too wrapped up in my own personal belongings
2006-08-03 10:18:04 · answer #9 · answered by Alissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sincerely hope this is a rhetorical question to those who completely ignore what's going on in the world.....but I must say I usually give a "new" car a good kick the first thing to get it over and done with.
2006-08-03 10:13:43 · answer #10 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says that is the case? Is this a matter of "projection" whereby a person projects their beliefs on others?
2006-08-03 10:19:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋