Why the cheese stands alone
I was talking to a friend last night about personal problems of people in general. ok ...we were whining for a while and then started looking at it objectively. feel better now? The question I think as we never really defined it, is at what level of symapthy should be allowed for people who cause their own problems? I mean think about it. We have people whose lives have been destroyed by natural disasters, families broken apart by accidents. things of a biblical nature. These people deserve sympathy, right? But what about the people who are kinda stupid and make very stupid mistakes out of selfishness, greed and just plain lacking in self control? Do they deserve sympathy when the guy the met on the internet bilks them out of all of their money becasue they were stupid and just jumped into a relationship without knowing the person first? to me compassion and sympathy are somewhat fickle emotions..at least in the US. As people here do some stupid things, but that's part of what makes it great too. we're allowed to do stupid things. Let's just hope we learn from them cuz' you can't expect the sympathy and compassion part to always be there. Especially , if you're the one who caused the problem. (getting off soapbox) I'll still whine every now and then...
