I don't really care that much about moral issues myself
...I usually find most concerns about morality to be subjective, actually.
Like: If someone smacks me upside the head everyone is "You must have really said something awful to offend him. Or, maybe, did something awful to him. You have to be careful you know. Always try to be aware of other people's feelings and sensitivities".
But, if I get outraged at something someone says or does and I smack that person upside the head, everyone is "God!!! Did you see THAT? He assaulted that guy! Someone call the police. This guy's dangerous!! He's displaying 'violent tendencies'!! A psychopath!!"
...I usually find most concerns about morality to be subjective, actually.
Like: If someone smacks me upside the head everyone is "You must have really said something awful to offend him. Or, maybe, did something awful to him. You have to be careful you know. Always try to be aware of other people's feelings and sensitivities".
But, if I get outraged at something someone says or does and I smack that person upside the head, everyone is "God!!! Did you see THAT? He assaulted that guy! Someone call the police. This guy's dangerous!! He's displaying 'violent tendencies'!! A psychopath!!"
It does seem a little bit ridiculous how one is always expected to take another's feelings into consideration before their own.
ReplyDeleteIt does seem a little bit ridiculous how one is always expected to take another's feelings into consideration before their own.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are too self-important.
DeleteIt's like we don't live in a world of just humans. Everyone one runs into seems to have a rank or title of some kind. One always has to be too careful about what they do or say.
It is ridiculous. The provoker didn't earn this expectation through their own actions. That being said, the person who retaliates always gets penalized. In hockey, for example, the person who punches back generally gets caught even though he was provoked and his action was justified.
ReplyDeleteIt's like in grade school when the kid behind you sneaks a sucker-punch to you while the class is waiting in line to enter the auditorium to watch a school play...
Delete...and you turn around and strike them back, or yell something disparaging at them...
...and the teacher pulls YOU out of line for "being disruptive", or for "making threats".
In the bad old days school bullies had a knack for getting away with persecuting others. That's why their petty terrorism was constant, uninterrupted by officials. But thanks to a realization of the harm bullies were doing to some students schools have cracked down and all students feel safe. As if...
DeleteIn the bad old days school bullies had a knack for getting away with persecuting others. That's why their petty terrorism was constant, uninterrupted by officials. But thanks to a realization of the harm bullies were doing to some students schools have cracked down and all students feel safe. As if...
DeleteDepends on who they're accusing of "bullying".
DeleteAlso: People are like mirrors. They often reflect back how others have treated them and often behave in kind.
In short: Being bullied can make one rationalize engaging in some form of bullying themselves. Especially if one figures their experiences to be a reflection of "what the world thinks of them" instead of subjective behavior on the part of whoever is antagonizing or persecuting them.
i think being reasonable in behavior is a obvious .
ReplyDeletesometimes it depends on the mental stat of that time when you get it from someone .
Yeah, anyone's attitude and behavior is subjective and arbitrary---dependent on time, circumstance and state-of-mind.
Delete...True.