Posted by alexandra_k on January 19, 2006, at 19:41:20
In reply to internet weirdness, posted by James K on January 19, 2006, at 17:14:26
> There are some people on the net who have been following each other around and harrassing back and forth for many years. They have whole web sites devoted to their hatred of some other person.
Yeah. I don't condone expressions of hatred / malevolence. Thus... I don't frequent those kinds of sites. It is kind of like how I don't condone Paris Hiltons lifestyle choices etc and thus... I don't watch her TV show.
I don't think it is about self-righteousness so much as it is about reflecting on the idea that what comes in... Is more likely to come back out.
If you spend a lot of time around people who express hatred then you are more likely to come to view it as acceptable / act in kind.
And...
I don't want to be like that.
If I get too much of it then I end up feeling badly about the world too. Badly about human nature and the ability that people have to turn on you. The ability people have to be so consumed by hatred as to devote so much of their life serving its cause.
I had enough hatred directed my way when I was a kid. I'm out of that situation now and I would never volountarily put myself into that situation or condone another person putting themselves in that situation.
There is good in the world...
I think it is better to seek that out.
Just my 2 cents...
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