Current age is the age of diminishing distances, in every aspect. Gone are those days when our ancestors lived in tiny shells of their villages or small towns. They were ignorant about even their countries.
Now we wake up and open the newspaper to read every thing about this world. Even outside this planet. Sometimes they please us, sometimes upset, sometimes confuse and sometimes scare.
So, even though our small world is happy when we read about alarming rise in atrocities or complexities can we really be as free as a gust of wind? Which blows without any worry or weight?
What should be our stand? Not all of us can jump into the field. There are quite a lot of people who don’t have enough resources to do so, or enough motivation, but they feel the shock or sadness. And that shock or sadness is genuine, not a show off.
When we are introduced to these knowledge on every day basis, slowly their impact goes away. People start to choke and look for respite in light things. Is that wrong?
Are we becoming casual or feeling-less or are overstuffed with dark newses?
Kingmaker 14 on 16th Jan 2011
13 years ago
I think that we are overstuffed with dark news to the point where people become numb to it. Even those with beautiful hearts who want to help can't help but feel overwhelmed by so much need.
ReplyDeletei agree. as a normal woman i used to cry when i read horrible news on papers, forget about watching the photos which the newspapers are too fond of publishing these days but now i just turn away the page. i sometimes feel scared that with time may be people will stop doing that too (including me).
ReplyDeletewe are really overstuffed with dark news presented in a gruesome way. they are torture (i am happy that i dont watch television-they act like vision of hell sometimes).