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NonaFarahnikSecondPaper 12 - 23 Apr 2010 - Main.KayKim
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I think your comment on the homeless is a rather romanticised view of the reality -- easy for us to harbour since we are far removed from the plight. The fact is that there is homelessness, that hundreds die from cold every winter, and that people eat scraps of food from the trash. But sympathy will not solve the problem -- in fact, it only puts us on a pedestal of illusional superiority. You either do something to help, or you don't. The person who offered those boxes was not consumed by philosophical grief when he offered some of his "hard-earned" boxes. He did what he had to do. That's it. | |
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I respectfully disagree Mohit. I don't want to write too much because I feel like I am invading Nona's place. Like what Eben said, our feeling isn't an on-off switch. When we look at these homeless people, poor immigrants, Afghan kids dying from the war, etc, we feel a range of things and we do a range of things. Sometimes, we feel sad about what is happening, but we don't do anything. Sometimes, we don't feel anything. Sometimes, we feel sad and choose to help that person that is right infront of us. Sometimes, we get worked up enough to start a collective movement. Of course, there are a lot of circumstances that affect these behaviors. But what I am interested is what factors, what circumstances, and what kind of environment shape our feelings and conviction, and transform our feelings into action. | | | \ No newline at end of file |
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