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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Obviously you don't know me very well or else you'd know that I am a photography enthusiast with a fully charged sense of humor. I pay attention to positive and beautiful things all the time. If you could come to my house and peruse my bookshelves you might find that they are stock full with not only books of humor and photography (I love Sally Mann and Brassai, how about you?) but great literature, poetry, fine art, films, pin ups and sex.
Do you have any comments in relation to the questions I posed or are you just here to show me a good time and leave?
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Of course I don't know you, as we've never met or spoken before. I also haven't been on here as lately as I used to be, so I beg your pardon.
As far as comments in relation to your questions, this is what I think: Yes I think it's important to be aware of world events, but I wouldn't hold it against you if you didn't. People have enough to deal with in their own, everyday lives is my point. I think most people have a certain amount of basic human decency and care about the plight of their fellow (wo)man. I agree with you that the amount of cruelty in the world can be absolutely overwhelming to comprehend at times. I read the paper, I read books, I read magazines, I watch tv...I do empathize. But what can I do, personally? I am not a millionaire, I can't hand out $40 million dollars to children starving in Africa like Oprah. I can't give millions to AIDS research like Bill and Melinda Gates. I would if I could.
The best I can do is concentrate on my immediate family and friends. They are the ones who need my attention and affection, not strangers who are 6,000 miles away in another country.
To get political for a minute, I also think that guilt plays a large part in populations of industrialized nations towards undeveloped Third World nations. People feel guilty because for no reason other than being born in a certain place, they have so much more than others. But what is that? Its Fate. Should one feel guilty because of Fate, because of circumstances completely out of one's control?
I think it would be a wonderful thing that you want to travel to other lands and help other people less fortunate. Nothing wrong with that. Of course theres also nothing wrong with people who decide to stay at home to be near friends and family, helping out in their own communities and neighborhoods.
I apologize if I came of as glib or sarcastic...