flip side is that we have compassion towards each other too

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Not nearly enough.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

You're such an optimist I wish I were as optimistic as you

by Anonymous 10 years ago

http://www.amirite.com/761734-theres-a-trend-where-people-keep-saying-they-have-lost-faith-in-humanity-because also more people are nice to mean than mean to me

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Interesting point. I'm just basically saying that is sucks that people are assholes. It sucks and i dwell on it.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Sadly this may imply that human nature has some innate component of assholeishness.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's not like we can learn first-hand from the millenniums of experience since even the oldest of us have only been born a little over a century ago. All the lessons we learn from history are small morals we might apply subconsciously day to day. Considering humanity's history, as of the moment, we're relatively peaceful. It's accepted by a large portion of society that world peace is just a naive dream for now. To conclude it'd be more amazing if we weren't this mean to each other. Not that I don't have hope, people's capacities for good are outstanding sometimes.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The only thing to compare us to is animals I guess, to which I'd say we can be more mean to each other but also more compassionate. We have more of an ability to understand what each other is thinking.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I once read something along the lines of "Thank your animal ancestors for the gift of human compassion, cruelty however is a gift from humans themselves."

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I guess, but if you think about it...I could hate someone and then save their life. We might be friends for a bit, but we hated each other for a reason, and that could possibly come back.

by Anonymous 11 years ago