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Oct. 10th, 2005 09:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzIf you have a chance to revisit humility, do so. Life experiences are kicking my arrogant moralistic judgmental ass, and it's a real eye-opener. Morality is easy to practice when you have what you want. Perhaps, rather than showing you can state the proper moral view, it is what you do when you are hungry that really counts.
I'm ok with the Red Cross as a charity, and while we all flipped out over Katrina, less in the news are about 20-30,000 people in Pakistan or the disasters in Guatemala. The Red Cross is nice, but Oxfam and Doctors w/o borders are good charities to keep in mind. Even if you just care about the US, the red cross and other charities are still knee-deep in trying to help out NOLA and other hurricane victims, and they will need to replenish their coffers to handle their "usual" emergencies. If you're just over people, don't forget the environment is facing challenges in all parts of the world.
Then think about how you treat people in your day to day life. Which is more important, giving money to a faceless group supported by charity, or cutting someone off in traffic because you think they are going too slow? It's nice that you save a puppy, but what about that girl you made fun of yesterday?
I sat at bitch-boss' desk the other day, and realized it was filled with "give me strength" xtian religious quotes. Some part of the religious message is not getting through, distorted into an identification that allows the holder of the views to justify their behavior rather than inspire better behavior based on the views.
Ah, there I go again. I'm not impervious to the desire to twist morality to fit what I want to do. Perhaps she really is doing her best. Perhaps not, but who am I to judge? I should just find the best way to deal with the situation that I can w/o resorting to classifying people who hurt me.
I'm ok with the Red Cross as a charity, and while we all flipped out over Katrina, less in the news are about 20-30,000 people in Pakistan or the disasters in Guatemala. The Red Cross is nice, but Oxfam and Doctors w/o borders are good charities to keep in mind. Even if you just care about the US, the red cross and other charities are still knee-deep in trying to help out NOLA and other hurricane victims, and they will need to replenish their coffers to handle their "usual" emergencies. If you're just over people, don't forget the environment is facing challenges in all parts of the world.
Then think about how you treat people in your day to day life. Which is more important, giving money to a faceless group supported by charity, or cutting someone off in traffic because you think they are going too slow? It's nice that you save a puppy, but what about that girl you made fun of yesterday?
I sat at bitch-boss' desk the other day, and realized it was filled with "give me strength" xtian religious quotes. Some part of the religious message is not getting through, distorted into an identification that allows the holder of the views to justify their behavior rather than inspire better behavior based on the views.
Ah, there I go again. I'm not impervious to the desire to twist morality to fit what I want to do. Perhaps she really is doing her best. Perhaps not, but who am I to judge? I should just find the best way to deal with the situation that I can w/o resorting to classifying people who hurt me.
