"The [animal] is much more content with mere existence than man; the plant is wholly so. . . ." Arthur Schopenhauer
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Rebecca Sedwick, age 12 -- Bullied to Death
I read accounts of bad news all the time, but I can't seem to shake this one. You'd think that in a planned world children would not be among the most vile, hurtful segment of the population. Rebecca solved her predicament by jumping to her death. The bullying continued posthumously -- one of the bullies wrote this on her Facebook page: “yes I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself, but I don’t give a fuck.” There's a little secret that enlightened first-grade teachers keep to themselves: some children are just no damned good. I argue that these little monsters are even worse than that. Just ask Becky's family. Existentialism has a pretty face. She wears no makeup. She's confused. She's terrified. All the Gods and Goddesses wouldn't, didn't, couldn't intervene in this, the latest of innumerable human horrors. I think that if someone were to reason that this was "God's will," I'd lose all control. Insanity reigns hallowed within the cells of human ignorance.
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Great cover of Walking on the Moon, by one of my favorite bands, the Police. This is a great song about falling in love.
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NPR did a piece called "This I Believe" a few years back. Listeners were invited to recite their core beliefs about anything...