There is tremendous lack of humility in our culture. There is a lot of pride. It’s all about me. No one wants to listen, but everyone wants to talk. Mostly about themselves.
About expresses how I feel. Kobe was a devout Catholic. His faith was hardly covered or mentioned. He attended mass before the tragic accident.
Nine people died. Very sad.
It’s hard to find a movie to watch anymore.
Even movies that seem hilarious, lighthearted entertainment invariably celebrate criminals & degenerates. We’re being brainwashed into cheering for the amoral “anti-hero” who makes up his own rules & practices his own situational ethics while being rewarded for violating the 10 Commandments.
“I don’t know if human beings were always this awful ... “
IMHO we probably were / are. But in face-to-face situations most folk understand that saying the wrong or hurtful things could result in painful repercussions, physical and/or psychological. After all, the First Amendment, with some limitations, only protects one’s right to say whatever they wish. It does not protect one from the consequences of your commentary.
What has changed is the advent of the internet and it’s provision of almost absolute anonymity. If the evil beast inside knows that if there is no punishment for bad behavior, the only limit to hateful and perverted commentary is one’s upbringing, a sense of civility.
... and we all know that parental upbringing is generally on the slippery down-slope.
Think of the times Noah lived in before the flood. He and his wife probably had brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, best friends, a church with a pastor, yet none of these people seemed to befriend him. It seems we are repeating this time in history. We even have the homosexual part right.
The story of Lot was before this and just as awful.