Putting A Face To Shame
Everybody knows that bad things happen. We see it on TV all the time and read about it the newspapers. Does it sink in? No. And there’s a very simple explanation why it only goes so far to affect the minds of the population: Human beings have a well-trained and capable ability of shutting out grief, being selective of good and bad. Not only that but some things are just so horrific that they can’t be fathomed. Can you really register the difference in how sad you feel when you hear that a million people have perished and 100,000 have? It’s as if we get to a certain point and then switch off. Not only that, but contributing to this is the fact that there are so many things we all worry about. And everything is relative. I am sure that a population of people dying of drought might be able to understand that. The difference is obvious between us, of course: for us it’s about what affects our lives. For them it’s about whether they live or not.
Enigin don’t want to rub all the appalling tragedies in your faces. No. They only want to point out a few things. And the following blog-post is all about how we are wiping out the animal species of the world.
There is one shocking picture that really depicts just how sad our way of life can be. It involves a large boat and a whale. It should go some way to making you think; although it’s not as in-the-media as drought and famine, this is also something we all need to be aware of.
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