tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post8231885702776666252..comments2023-10-26T03:07:22.405-05:00Comments on Random Midnight Thoughts: Things that Skitter Across My MindChris the Hippiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434819898396611160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-48827628925214374502007-04-20T15:46:00.000-05:002007-04-20T15:46:00.000-05:00Whether intentional or not, it seems your list cre...Whether intentional or not, it seems your list creates the impression that pain is caused 'on accident' while hurtiness is caused by being dumb or mean/amoral. I liked that distinction.<BR/><BR/>I hope that my hurtiness days are long passed. Suddenly recalling one or another of them sometimes makes me me grip the steering extra hard. <BR/><BR/>It's not that getting what you want is a bad thing. It's just that business people and politicians try to do it in ways that they think, per their focus groups, won't upset people enough to get them ruined, impeached or voted out of office. They don't try to rule out 'hurtiness', they just try to rule out, like Pixie said, their own accountability.<BR/><BR/>"Hurtiness Happens" is not a state of being we should be prepared to accept. Except that history, even our personal histories, shows that humans are far from immune from being changed for the worse when they get 'power.' So maybe we should paraphrase Jesus, when He was talking about the poor: Hurtiness will always be with us.Bert Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601645383399698392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-15357609491340061632007-04-18T21:26:00.000-05:002007-04-18T21:26:00.000-05:00I'm with you. "Accountability" is the key-word he...I'm with you. "Accountability" is the key-word here. It almost feels sometimes as though we are being brainwashed into a certain though-set. I know for certain that most of my personal stress comes from the black/white opinions I am force-fed on a daily basis - at such a rate it is often very hard to form an individual opinion so...<BR/><BR/>...I killed my TV... well, except Backyardigans, Stanley, Clifford and the Wiggles, of course.sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838935957994302879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812522.post-68871547256132820582007-04-18T20:15:00.000-05:002007-04-18T20:15:00.000-05:00Chris,Thanks for stopping by my fledgling blog and...Chris,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my fledgling blog and leaving a comment. I have snuck over to yours on occasion, from Steakbellie as well.<BR/><BR/>I love this post. I have been reading more and more about this subject and the background of those involved. I seem to be ranting about it lately, as my 16yo son now complains, but I am amazed at how our media isn't telling us this stuff. What gives?Leonessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910799095745831330noreply@blogger.com