Unfortunately, there is a lot of hate and anger in our so called civilization.

The media even promotes it. You have political propaganda TV, violent fictional TV shows, violent movies, gangsta culture, and even violent sports, and in all of this, being violent and even hateful seems to be heroic. WTF is that all about? Why do we even watch it, as that only promotes it?

To me this is the very antithesis of civilization.

We must all rise above it if we want to become civilized.

How to do that? I have no idea.

I don't agree with censorship, so how do we get that off the air? We can't rely on religion, as most religions seem to have their own fair share of hate and violence. We can't rely on self-censorship of the media, because they people obviously want it, as it wouldn't be there without viewers.

Do unto others? What's that?

The Golden Rule or ethic of reciprocity is a maxim, an ethical code, or a morality, that essentially states either of the following:

1. One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself
2. One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated

And I'd add another (as I'm sure others have done before me)

3. Treat others the way they would like to be treated.

The ethic of reciprocity predates modern religion and was present in certain forms in the philosophies of ancient Babylon, Egypt, Persia, India, Greece, Judea, and China.

These rules along with the other moral rules that humanity have devised, (10 commandments etc.) are all devised to keep us from being nasty to each other. So is being nasty to each other part of human nature? Part of human nature we should strive to rise above?

People talk about "man's inhumanity towards man" and I really dislike that phrase, because it makes it seem like being cruel to another man is an exception, rather than the rule. But if you look throughout history, it is a story of mostly just that, including (in no special order) the Cro-Magnons vs. The Neanderthals, Hitler, Atilla, Idi Imin, the USA invading Iraq, USSR invading their equivalents, China invading their equivalents, Jack The Ripper, Bin Laden, the "new world" settlers against the natives (and most other "colonizers"), Napoleon, "Papa Doc", Ivan The Terrible, the human slave trade, WW I, WW II, Viet Nam, The Boston Strangler, The US "Civil" War, Charles Manson, Stalin, Hirohito, Phil Spector, O.J. Simpson, Columbine, Suicide Bombers, Steeple Snipers, rapists, thugs, rioters, the Normans invading England, the Turks invading Europe, the Crusades invading the Middle East, the Trojans in their horse, The Roman Empire, the Greeks before that, Enron stealing grocery money from grannies, the list goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on. Invade, enslave, rape, pillage, murder, etc., the history books are full of that.

Telling Bob to commit suicide is simply another black mark in a long history of the dark side of humanity.

I wish I knew how to get us to rise up over this. I suppose a lot of other people would like to know the solution as well.

Bob, try to rise above all that, and consider the source as coming from the dark side of humanity. I'm glad you're still here.

We should all put hate and intolerance aside and be kind to each other, even when we disagree. It's difficult, I know as I try to do the same but fail from time to time. We should neither commit nor approve of any violent action perpetrated against another, whether it is verbal, economic, or physical. If we can do all this, we can truly become a civilized society instead of one dominated by barbarians.

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