There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

[SOS-Bam]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

Yes, this world is cruel, because so many people are liers, cheaters, crime commiters, and greedy aggressive people that only care about themselves way too much of the time, regardless of how much it screws over other people.

Ironically, anyone who believes this has done this at one point, and is either doing it right now or will do in the near future. Notice how whenever we talk about stuff like this, we say "humans" and try to separate ourselves from "them", the bad ones. The fact is, we are humans, and we pretty much suck. We create illusions of happiness to tide us over til we die, and then litter the world with our corpses. It's not cruel, it's just the way it is.

[Boatz]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

This brings this whole nature vs. nurture argument into play.

What makes us humans so cruel by default? Are we born with this characteristic or do we leran it from the crappy world we live in?

Perosnally, considering all of the world seems to hate another part of the world in some respect, I go with the nurture argument.

[devonin]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

Nurture as an argument is inherantly flawed, because in order for someone to nurture a quality in you, they need to either possess or be aware of that quality in order to nurture it. This implies that someone, somewhere had it as part of their nature in order to pass it along.

[amandaissingle]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

if the world was not cruel we'd have no reason for jails and we'd have no reason for CSI's

[angelofthedead]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

if the world was not cruel we'd have no reason for jails and we'd have no reason for CSI's

I'd lose a job I don't even have yet.

[tuanxdjboi]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

"Cause the end of peace is the end of life" - Groove Coverage

[angelofthedead]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

I don't know... My perspective has always been that people are cruel and you can't trust anyone.

[devonin]

Re: There was once a person who said that the world was cruel

I don't know... My perspective has always been that people are cruel and you can't trust anyone.

All generalizations are false.