The President Does Not Care Whether You Live or Die
- Thread starter Joe Blow
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There are 3 people I really have to care about, wife, daughter And stepson. There are a few more I care about sisters family’s, Brother’s family, mom and dad and a few cousins. There are two non related people on the planet, I will drop everything and go to them in their time of need, (armed to the teeth if need be). That is about as wide as my circle gets, everyone else is a Good Samaritan action. As we all know, “No good deed goes unpunished.“
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Death comes to us all.
soylentBlue
.357 mag
Good. It's not the job of the President to care whether I live or die. The President should worry about common defense and general welfare, not any specific person or group (or gender, or race, or ....).
MothMan
.338 Win Mag
If I care then I am virtuous.
If I am virtuous I am better than you.
Republicans never care.
@GOPerfect, last two posts in this thread are spot on.
If I am virtuous I am better than you.
Republicans never care.
@GOPerfect, last two posts in this thread are spot on.
BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
We vest way too much importance in the Presidency.
Way, way, way too much.
Subsequently the presidency carries way, way, way more power than it is supposed to.
Way, way, way too much.
Subsequently the presidency carries way, way, way more power than it is supposed to.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. Hebrews 9:27
There are 3 people I too care about, not in any order but: me, myself, and I.
The rest not so much.
Dr. Evil
20×102mm Vulcan
The world was here before us. It will be here after us. The world doesn't give a shit when or how we go. Anything other than reflection or missing seeing someone doesn't mean squat. Time stops for no one.
pjzwtl
.308 Win
All I gotta do is “stay white and die“ everything else is optional
Bob
6.5 Creedmoor
I used to care. Once upon a time, I was a brand new, overly-enthusiastic and grossly naive EMT who thought I could save the world. Then I actually did the job for many years. And I stopped caring.
I stopped caring after a drunk killed his three year old niece, and the family was more concerned about hiding him so he could sober up and stay out of jail.
I stopped caring after the 8th time I transported a woman to the hospital because her boyfriend beat her to within an inch of her life, and she kept going back.
I stopped caring after a girl who was texting while driving killed herself and four friends, and the community absolved her of responsibility "because she was a good kid"
I stopped caring after the eleventeenhundredth time I took a morbidly obese person with a heart attack to the hospital while they were screaming "why me"
I stopped caring after the thousandth time I was met at the bottom of the driveway by someone with their bags packed and handed five Medicaid cards that all had the same name and picture but different ID numbers.
I stopped caring after I responded to my neighbor's fourth overdose - the one that finally killed him.
And then, after almost 20 years, I just stopped.
I stopped when I finally made the realization that all I was doing as an EMT was retarding our own evolution as a species and messing with the natural order.
I stopped when I finally realized that humanity as a whole is fucked as long as we allow this shit to continue.
We all die. When people die early, it is usually a result of their own life choices. So if you don't care if you live or die, why should I?
I don't. And neither should the President.
I stopped caring after a drunk killed his three year old niece, and the family was more concerned about hiding him so he could sober up and stay out of jail.
I stopped caring after the 8th time I transported a woman to the hospital because her boyfriend beat her to within an inch of her life, and she kept going back.
I stopped caring after a girl who was texting while driving killed herself and four friends, and the community absolved her of responsibility "because she was a good kid"
I stopped caring after the eleventeenhundredth time I took a morbidly obese person with a heart attack to the hospital while they were screaming "why me"
I stopped caring after the thousandth time I was met at the bottom of the driveway by someone with their bags packed and handed five Medicaid cards that all had the same name and picture but different ID numbers.
I stopped caring after I responded to my neighbor's fourth overdose - the one that finally killed him.
And then, after almost 20 years, I just stopped.
I stopped when I finally made the realization that all I was doing as an EMT was retarding our own evolution as a species and messing with the natural order.
I stopped when I finally realized that humanity as a whole is fucked as long as we allow this shit to continue.
We all die. When people die early, it is usually a result of their own life choices. So if you don't care if you live or die, why should I?
I don't. And neither should the President.
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So, when asked where is your empathy, this is how it disappeared?
Sad, but so very true. I am asked quite often when is my empathy? Where is my sympathy? My answer is very similar to yours.
Too many have never seen what you just described, hopefully, they never will.
spat
.950 JDJ
I am still capable of empathy and sympathy.
I am just able to see that without natural selection we are completely screwed a species.
Sometimes I am envious of people like you. No sarcasm, I have none. Zero empathy at all.
Mine has been missing from my life since August of 2007. It was on the decline prior to that, but that summer, life and my outlooks were forever changed.
I will never get back what is gone.
I look around at the World, I feel nothing for those in dire straights. I feel nothing for the homeless, the addicts, the less off. I read about the deaths of people and I go onto the next article.
I really am not sure which is better, to have none or to still have a glimmer of feelings....