Just A Rant
As I sit in my driver's education class, I think. I've recently finished a research paper in my AP Capstone class on the topic of embryonic stem cell research and its ethical problems. Overall, we as a society have problems with allowing this research to go on due to the fact that embryos are destroyed when you harvest stem cells from them. However, from the start of civilization we are flawed. We've killed, destroyed, and taken on whim regardless of morals. We're okay with the homeless, children dying in poverty, and younger children creating our clothes to allow us to pay for the prices we have now in our patriarchal society. We go on and ignore. We stare at an illusion and live our lives to the fullest! "The statistics on the paper won't be us, they aren't real, and we have control". The statistics are very real, the ratios are very real, and human error happens. Accidents happen. You don't have control. And religion? God? One prays and yet he can have his life taken by the idiot driving next to him, who decided to take a nap. Neither are we sure 100% what God could be or what it is. Yet we go on through the illusion. Yes, I am a Christian. But, I will never have true safety. I can only believe to be. And, everyone believes in something. But, the more I learn about the world we live in and what it takes for us as a society to run as we do, it's harder for me to ignore the questions and the facts. And it's not like I'm the only person who sees this and what I'm saying is not a discovery.
That is what irks me, we're blind hypocrites. I am a blind hyprocrite. And I hate that. I hate that I once woke up with the ideal of "live life to the fullest," ignoring that I do not have full control of my surroundings or decisions. That I will turn a blind eye from the undesirable to keep my self at ease. That I will judge my significance and my problems by the perspective of my bubble, my world. Even as I try to erase my ignorance and help with good intentions, the realization of my small significance and how miniscule my efforts are overwhelm me. Regardless of how hard I run this 5k in support of the kids to fundraise or how hard I work for a degree, a career to help the helpless. It is never enough. But, hey. "The world is unfair" -Delv.
TLDR: It's hard not being a blind hypocrite. Sorry for the generalized sweeping claims, bias opinions on huge topics and the grammar too.
Submiting this to a teacher, wanted to get some feedback.
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But the thing is, there's no point in being unblind. You're just worrying. Negative things will always exist, nobody can do anything about it.
THAT'S why you should live your life to the fullest. Ignore the negatives as best you can, and focus on the positives, because that's all we can do.
I guess you can say "ignorance is bliss".
And with the "trying to do good but knowing it makes little impact"...well, I think when several people donate to a cause, and it helps out just one family or one person, that DOES matter. That family/person might be infinitely grateful that they were assisted, and nothing is greater than infinity.
~fradd
i am not a hypocrite, im a belieber