2013-04-16, 07:11 AM
CrazyForDex Wrote:Lol @ all the people on social media pouring their hearts out and sending condolences to those affected. This seems to happen whenever there is some sort of tradegy nowadays, people come crawling out of the woodwork to pretend that they really care, to gather attention while also criticizing those who are not openly simpathetic. In a few days it will all be back to business as usual.
Nowadays? This is a natural human response to crisis and has been for thousands of years.
Humans NEED to get back to business as usual as soon as possible. It allows them to repair the damage that has been done far faster. When things are ''normal'' then there isn't any hardship, right? We're still here; we're still alive; we'll continue to continue. Another thing is - as harsh as it sounds - those who aren't affected can only have so much sympathy for those who HAVE been affected. This goes for anything. It's hard to sound genuine when you never knew anybody involved and didn't affect you in any way. Even during 9/11, or Katrina, etc; People can only offer their condolences. You literally can do nothing more than that. Does this mean that your acknowledgement is ''fake''? No. It's the only thing we have. We can't zoom around like Superman and save everybody being affected by hardship on the entire planet. All we can do is acknowledge that they've had a bad turn in life and simply move on. It isn't JUST us either; those affected hope for things to go back to normal as well. If everybody is talking about the tragedy that happens for longer than it needs to be spoken of, then victims can't SHAKE that tragedy off their heels.
And don't get me wrong, of course there are those who DON'T give genuine sympathy to victims, but to just assume the worst in a situation like this just reflects badly on you.