I am selfish, you are selfish
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Treat others the way you want others to treat you.
Such a simple concept. I wonder some people cannot seem to even grasp this.
psssh.
And another thing I realized that we are all selfish. No point in saying I am a saint therefore I am not selfish and yadda yadda...
Let me ask you, if you were stranded on a desert island with no food and no water. You are stranded with another human being doesn't matter whether you know him or not. There is no way you can get off this island because it is cursed and no one ever gets off it.
What will happen in the end?
One of you is going to die. How? Humans instinctively can only rely on survival. Their own survival when the body is deprived of food and water for long periods of time death is inevitable to prevent oneself from dying first you secure water source. However you have not found anything to eat. There is only one other human being with you.
One will have to come to a decision and thus cannibalism will occur.
You do not believe me that this will happen? Human's most selfish and disgusting behavior will start to show when they are pushed beyond normal circumstances. Have you heard of the starving man who ate his own child and probably hated himself forever after that?
In less drastic and more normal circumstances:
What separates us is the degree of selfishness we are capable of expressing on a daily basis. But the basic fact is still relevant. We are all selfish.
Such a simple concept. I wonder some people cannot seem to even grasp this.
psssh.
And another thing I realized that we are all selfish. No point in saying I am a saint therefore I am not selfish and yadda yadda...
Let me ask you, if you were stranded on a desert island with no food and no water. You are stranded with another human being doesn't matter whether you know him or not. There is no way you can get off this island because it is cursed and no one ever gets off it.
What will happen in the end?
One of you is going to die. How? Humans instinctively can only rely on survival. Their own survival when the body is deprived of food and water for long periods of time death is inevitable to prevent oneself from dying first you secure water source. However you have not found anything to eat. There is only one other human being with you.
One will have to come to a decision and thus cannibalism will occur.
You do not believe me that this will happen? Human's most selfish and disgusting behavior will start to show when they are pushed beyond normal circumstances. Have you heard of the starving man who ate his own child and probably hated himself forever after that?
In less drastic and more normal circumstances:
What separates us is the degree of selfishness we are capable of expressing on a daily basis. But the basic fact is still relevant. We are all selfish.
Labels: intellectual bites
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