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I'm sick of hearing about the Middle East
(Sorry in advance that this is so long and rant-y)
Every time I watch world news, the conflicts in the Middle East are the subject. I hate having to hear about it because I really don't give a shit about their ass-backwards society that's stuck in the middle ages. If they can't figure out how to be a civil, rational society, I can't really bring myself to care how shitty it makes their citizens' lives. I also don't think it's our job (more advanced nations) (I'm from Canada) to try and fix any of it. We can't help them anyways because the root of the problem is in their religious extremism and inability to separate their politics from that situation. I'm not going to get into that though.
Civilizations learn and advance very slowly, including our own "first world" civilizations, which have a lot of learning to do yet themselves.
My point is: Is it normal to not care about the Middle East, and to think it's their own problem if they can't interpret their religion in a way that allows them to live in peace??
I'm tired of having to hear about it and being told that I need to sympathize. I'd rather read about interesting things happening around the world that demonstrate humanity's advancements in science, or in technology, or in getting along. Not about how painfully far back some parts of the world are stuck.
Every time I watch world news, the conflicts in the Middle East are the subject. I hate having to hear about it because I really don't give a shit about their ass-backwards society that's stuck in the middle ages. If they can't figure out how to be a civil, rational society, I can't really bring myself to care how shitty it makes their citizens' lives. I also don't think it's our job (more advanced nations) (I'm from Canada) to try and fix any of it. We can't help them anyways because the root of the problem is in their religious extremism and inability to separate their politics from that situation. I'm not going to get into that though.
Civilizations learn and advance very slowly, including our own "first world" civilizations, which have a lot of learning to do yet themselves.
My point is: Is it normal to not care about the Middle East, and to think it's their own problem if they can't interpret their religion in a way that allows them to live in peace??
I'm tired of having to hear about it and being told that I need to sympathize. I'd rather read about interesting things happening around the world that demonstrate humanity's advancements in science, or in technology, or in getting along. Not about how painfully far back some parts of the world are stuck.
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I sympathize with your rant and if I weren't lazy, I probably wouldv'e wrote it myself. It's not your problem that other people choose to remain ignorant and not advance as individuals. In my opinion I think everybody should celebrate being their own individual rather than sulk on civilization's hindering flaws. That's just my opinion. You feel and think what you want to think.
when one part of the world hurts, the rest should take notice and help out.
good day