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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Also, what does causing others discomfort accomplish? What's the purpose? What's the outcome? What's the use?
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Let me just say that I don't believe for a minute, and feel free to dispute me on this, that no one can claim to be guilt-free when it comes to having knowingly caused discomfort to another person.
And I am not casting stones here. I've done it myself. What I am saying is that, as human beings, I think we have all done it, to some degree, to other people in our lives.
I am sure we can all think of instances where a person came to us and asked or perhaps even begged us to stop doing something that was hurting them or causing them discomfort, and yet we didn't stop simply because it was something we had justified or determined that we wanted to do.
I am not speaking about anything heinous or criminal, I am simply talking about in everyday relationships--all of us, at some point or another, have knowingly or willfully caused discomfort to another human being through a chosen action or course of actions. Be it revenge, jealousy, or just because we were "pissed off" at something the other person may have done to us. Or maybe because we thought the other person was being a control freak for even asking us.
I am not attempting to justify anything in this thread about publishing nude pictures of the ex. I agree that it's wrong and even contemplating how to carry it out for more than 2 seconds is wrong.
I am just trying to say that all of us need to examine our own lives and motives very carefully, because it's my opinion (and feel free to disagree) that we are all guilty of having done something to knowingly perpetrate discomfort on another. None of us can cast stones or act self-righteously (not saying anyone here has). I am trying to generalize a behavior that I think every human has engaged in at some point during their life. Self-examination is the first rule, so to speak.
Hopefully, too, we all recognize the behavior in ourselves and don't resort to again. And hopefully, a thread like this one reminds us that resorting to such antics is immature and childish and ultimately, inhumane, especially if the motive is to knowingly, willfully hurt, or perpetrate discomfort to another human being.