This is so coming out of my ass, and I’m too lazy to get ‘proof’ atm (rough draft kinda thing?)
Anyway, I woke up in the middle of the night and had this thought: WTF is wrong with society?
I think I know (a little at least)
Basically, its people.
In some cultures rasing kids it the job of everyone. This behaviour is seen is old world and new world apes, if my memory is serving me correctly.
Now, kids are taught not to talk to anyone they don’t know. Not to answer the phone or the door. Not to take things from strangers (Odd how we have the mail man that comes 6 days and the FedEx/DHL guys (and ladies too) who come every once in a while).
But then we send them to school with strangers. Most of the kids in the class. The teachers. The janitors, The principal. The average parent will not know who these people are on a personal basis. I know this is different for kids of teachers and such but we all know how they turn out 
The kids are taught from a young age to mistrust everyone. How is society going to function, as a whole, when everyone mistrusts everyone else?
In the case of the apes, and other cultures, there are not that many members in the group. Those that break the norms are exiled (sometimes).
I guess that’s the end of my creative flow for the moment …
mriq said,
July 23, 2008 at 11:37 am
Wish there was such a simple answer to it. It’s a combination of so many things.
Basically it mostly comes down to the fact (in my personal opinion at least) that so many parents these days don’t have the time or even effort to raise their children properly. They’re too focused on their careers or they’ve just had kids because “that’s what you’re suppose to do”. So basically they expect the kindergarten and school to raise their children, but the fact is that things are already going awry if you wait for these two institutions to raise your children for you. But the effects of this can be seen everywhere. Lots of kids these days have no common sense, no manners, no respect for their elders…
It’s sad really. I wish I could be positive, but I really have very little faith in the future of mankind.
oysterblues said,
July 23, 2008 at 11:52 am
That was just one point I was trying to make. There are so many aspects of ‘people’
mayhemgolgotha said,
August 31, 2008 at 12:14 pm
hmm … i have this thing, sort of hostility towards people, NOT friends, in general