No, he clearly just thinks that the man in this example is not as worth of the the money as...something else, just consider this, why give money to keep someone alive who you hate when you can instead use it to keep alive someone you don't know or someone you know and love.Seriphina said:
Is it a charity event specifically for said tool or for people fighting this rare form of cancer in general? If the former, then it's time to make fun of the biased hypocrites for going (OOH, CANCER MAKES YOU BRAVE). If it's the latter, suck it up and think of the people who aren't the tool going through cancer-hell who your money is also going towards.No_Remainders said:
It's a well-documented tendency in humans that they will first protect those they feel close to, then those they feel neutral to, and then MAYBE those they feel alienated by. Extreme forms of this have produced most prejudices under the sun, but the expansion of the definition of "close" has lead to a lot of good as well, including most forms of charity.FeralCentaur said:
Why? Honestly... it's just the right thing to do. If people could be a little more magnanimous, a little more forgiving, especially in these kinds of situations, this world might just be a bit of a nicer place to live.UnmotivatedSlacker said:
I agree with your opening and how its more important how you treat others, but where do you draw the line? I mean, a lot of people are in trouble, and a lot of people need help. The good causes are currently draining my bankaccount. Causes I support. I don't (and can't) support them all.Superhyperactiveman said:
It seems to have made incapable of reading the rules. The rules say clearly in big letters " DON'T BE A JERK!", telling someone to "ear a little shut the fuck up" and then calling them a dumbass is exactly the opposite of what that rule tells you to be.NOT WILL said:
Cancer changes everyone involved, it's true, but does suffering actually make you a more tolerant, polite, considerate, or amicable person? It really depends on the person what form these changes may take (aside from probably developing a penchant for donating to charities focused on caring for cancer patients)NOT WILL said:
Babies never made fun of anyone as they don't even have decent language skills yet, babies are hardly able to even comprehend things going on around them, Babies are more likely to continue living more years than a teenager is, why give money to a douche when you could instead give the money to save a nice person, were in a recession ya know, babies can't really hurt you badly they're only teething, babies have only had a year or 2 to prove what kind of person they are/ will be and even then they wouldn't understand that they were being tested whilst a teenager has had 13 to 19 (it ends in ninteen so I'm saying it's a teenager darnnit!) years to prove him or her self, perhaps if we didn't provide medical services to mean people natural selection would allow nice people a better chance of spreading the nice gene (as silly and as stupid and as simplified as that sounds) those are some reasons.BanthaFodder said:
It is also well known that Humans and some Human instincts are flawed. So perhaps using Human instinct as a Golden beacon of what is right and what is wrong is a flawed method of arguing, or perhaps it's the perfect method since Humans mostly only judge the morality of other Humans, but what if this guy was secretly an alien....conflictofinterests said:
Did you really laugh because that probably was not the smartest thing to do. If he was a jerk to me then no I would not go. Just because someone is sick should not give them instant forgiveness for being a jerk and mistreating other people.No_Remainders said:
No, you're an asshole. Laughing at someone who is dieing of cancer makes you a massive asshole.No_Remainders said:I'm gonna break this down really quick.
1) I'd like to point out that I'm callous, but that's completely different from being an all-round prick, like he is.
2) I don't talk much. I don't worry about what people think of me. Blah, blah. I'm quiet. I didn't deserve shitty treatment, he decided to piss me off anyway. Shrug, callous.
3) I'd expect him to do the exact same as always, think about himself and only himself. That's what he always did, and he was incapable of viewing it from someone else's perspective. I can understand why he might deserve my assistance, but honestly? Fuck him. I don't give a flying shit about him, and he wouldn't give a flying shit about me. I'm not gonna jump on the bandwagon and pretend he was a great guy.
As for your "protip". I didn't want reassurance. I was just wondering how other people viewed the situation
What you did was understandable. He'd keep on being a prick if he wasn't sick. Then again, people will be assholes, you can't control that. What you can control is how you're going to react to them. There's something to be said for being the bigger person. From the sounds of it though I doubt he's going to be in tears if he doesn't see you there. Odds are he neither remembers you nor cares how he treated you. As I say this though I remember how this guy who used to bully me with his friends in school actually sought me out to apologize to me. I was totally surprised, he came totally out of the blue. People are complicated, heck I guess I should just avoid making guesses about what he's thinking.No_Remainders said:
