Going purely off the the question in the title it'd take a severe cynic to say otherwise.
As for the clarification in the OP, yeah probably. I'd still say someone is still far too world weary if they actually think the answer is a flat no.
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by Heloin » Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:37 pm
by Polyester Football » Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:47 pm
Geneviev wrote:The news right now seems pretty hopeless. It's easy to see it and assume that people are incapable of love for their fellow human beings, or compassion, or generosity. After all, there are so many people who act as if they don't care right now. But at the same time, there are positive news stories out there if you know where to look. Those stories make it seem like every single person can become a hero, and every single person is capable of acting out of love and compassion. I believe that people don't easily fit into either one of those categories, since we're just too complicated for that.
But the question I do want to ask is this: Are people capable of being entirely good in every situation? Or is the news (which doesn't explicitly try to make people look good) right about what human beings are capable of?
Personally, I believe that people are already good. That is why we have positive news stories about people who are willing to do the right thing. It is also the reason that positive news stories aren't acknowledged often in the news. Good people are so common that we don't consider it news when they do good. But, I don't think that we can become perfectly good, at least not in this world. Otherwise, we would have no news and no need for it. Everything would be too predictable and peaceful. So, essentially, I believe that people can become better but not perfect.
by West Leas Oros 2 » Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:48 pm
Heloin wrote:Going purely off the the question in the title it'd take a severe cynic to say otherwise.
As for the clarification in the OP, yeah probably. I'd still say someone is still far too world weary if they actually think the answer is a flat no.
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by FutureAmerica » Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:07 pm
by Borderlands of Rojava » Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:48 pm
West Leas Oros 2 wrote:Heloin wrote:Going purely off the the question in the title it'd take a severe cynic to say otherwise.
As for the clarification in the OP, yeah probably. I'd still say someone is still far too world weary if they actually think the answer is a flat no.
I’ve met only a few people who I’d call “good people”, and most everyone else was smug, rude, violent, mean, greedy, or generally otherwise unpleasant. As such, I became even more of a spiteful, bitter, resentful, envious asshole myself. Life sucks. That’s why I come to NSG, where it’s much worse, and much better at the same time.
by US-SSR » Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:13 pm
FutureAmerica wrote:Most people will serve their own or their own family's interest. They will be good for their own, but not for others.
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