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An In-Depth Analysis: Accountability
Greetings fellow PMCers. This is the 4th blog in a series of thoughtful blogs for the intellectual mind, designed to get you thinking.
Please, read and consider.
Some of the worst disasters in this world are due to humans hurting other humans, like events such as Columbine, the Boston bombing, or the Sandy Hook shooting. Each of these sorts of events are soon followed by an understandable outburst of hate from all sides, especially from the victim’s families. Now of course, the men and women who commit these acts are accountable, as they do have control over their decisions. However, I propose that there is another party that should be held accountable for all of these terrible acts of violence. You. Me. Society.
What did we all have to do with something that occurred miles away? We contributed to the society that brought about these people. Our society is one where a misspelled word in the youtube comment section will result in three swears, a comment on your IQ, and a request for you to commit suicide. Everyone wants their opinions heard, no matter the effect they may have on others. We are a violently rude society. And don’t go thinking that you don’t contribute. We all do. A slip of the tongue here, a comment made in anger there, and you’ve got the ball rolling.
That being said, those who commit violent acts are often those whom society has kicked while they were down, who never received help when they needed it. For those people who are bullied daily, it may be that our society alters them so much, that the only right choice in their world is to commit these acts of violence, to pay it forward. Society may twist them so much, that they might whole heartedly believe that they are doing someone a service by ending their life. In such cases, it is understandable, even reasonable that society can be blamed for these crimes.
We need to change. While most go and blame the perpetrator of the crime, I ask you to please also consider your own role in these acts of violence. My wish is we all considered ourselves responsible. Not for the sake of making you feel bad, but to compel you to do something about it. Refrain from making that mean comment. Don’t talk back in anger. And go beyond that, do something nice for someone. Being neutral doesn’t help, you have to fight against the damage already done, or that which is being done by others.
Thank you for reading.
(For further clarification, below is my path of logic)
1. You and I are part of society.
2. What is accepted by society is determined by the a majority of individuals within society agreeing with each other.
3. The morals of our society is degrading. (one clear example is what is allowed in each ratingings of movies compared to a few years ago)
4. Society has determined that negative comments to others is acceptable. (look at any comment section)
5. Excessive negative comments can lead to psychological disorders. (example: charlotte dawson's spiral into depression, or any story of bullying)
6. Those who commit extreme acts of violence have psychological disorders.
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In addition, what you might say and think is nice someone else might take the wrong way (there are quite a few people I know that dislike any sort of criticism to their "perfect" work, but we all have our own flaws, just not as bad as others). Really insightful all the same, I try to be nice to everyone, but it doesn't...quite work out so I try to take a neutral approach to everything and that gets me further than anything else.
What you say is definitely true, there needs to be some sort of harsh side to society. A good example can be found in the laws of the government. Individually it is harsh, but on the grander scale (our society), it works much like constructive criticism.