Does the human condition ever drive you to tears?

Answer 1

all the time...

every day.

Answer 2

Can't help feeling this would be better placed in philosophy. "The human condition" isn't (to me) an absolute. Certainly I have opinions, my unique sense of morality & so on, but "conditions" are as disparate as humans who create them. Have you ever thought about some "happening" in the past, that seemed horrific at the time, yet if its impact/consequences could be followed--even over centuries--something was learned by it, gained from it, & in the total of "things" it added dimensions that would otherwise have been impossible? I feel "the human condition" is used in a truly not insightful generalization.

Answer 3

I remember weeping after seeing back-to-back Holocaust footage and film of executions during the Stalinist purges. Man's inhumanity to man seems to have no depth, limits or boundaries sometimes.

And I realize that it's not a tragedy on the scale of the afore-mentioned situations (i.e., the Holocaust), but I find the Amish school shooting profoundly disturbing. Why would somebody attack the most innocent of human lives due to some psychological malfunction that had absolutely nothing to do with the people he killed? What kind of monsters is our society spawning?

However, I realize that there have been monsters (serial killers, rapists, etc) throughout history, and this shooter is only one among many of his troubled kind.

Answer 4

Not at all.
Because, for the most part the sad lot of the vast majority of people is due to thier own action or inaction.
You make your own luck and condition.

Answer 5

Sometimes. Though more often I choose to laugh rather than scream.

Answer 6

Sometimes

Answer 7

Given your question, would you agree with this statement?

"Humanity. A failed experiment."

Answer 8

yes it just seems GOD took a little more time making some

Answer 9

yes yes

Answer 10

often