watch out katz... you are right on target
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Selfish Society
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i can just see the flames coming to katz for this one...
but i think it is quite true.
although i go to a lib arts college, i still see in my comp sci classes people who are totally ignorant and apathetic to current political situations... that is, until something that directly affects them comes along.
being one of the leaders of the glbt (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender)-straight alliance at my school, i see this in other political areas as well. next to maybe the business students, the students in the math & science building are the least interested in our events or causes. we frequently take part in poster hanging throughout the buildings, and next to the student union building and other "public" areas, posters and flyers in the math & science building are torn down faster than any other academic building. (and we do anticipate people tearing down flyers with any non-straight themes, but it is disturbing nonetheless).
with all of this supposed anti-geek witchhunting going on since (and before) columbine, i cant help but think of the problems the gay community has endured... imagine having laws that bar geeks from marrying? imagine being pistol whipped just for being a geek? imagine people picketing the funerals of geeks with signs saying "social inepts deserve to die!!" its sick.
i always complain that for the most part libertarians upset me more than the hardcore conservatives because the libertarians, if they cared, might be somewhat supportive on social legislation, but they dont.
apathy is a terrible plague. and its even worse when the only times a person isnt apathetic is when something directly affects them. its greedy and selfish and unfortunate.
i cannot help but remember the story ive heard numerous times in regards to the holocaust and the man who wouldnt help the jewish people when nazis were taking them away, and then finally when they came to take him away, there was nobody left to help.
thank you katz for finally calling the slashdot community on their selfish politics and elitist attitudes.
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i can just see the flames coming to katz for this one...
but i think it is quite true.
although i go to a lib arts college, i still see in my comp sci classes people who are totally ignorant and apathetic to current political situations... that is, until something that directly affects them comes along.
being one of the leaders of the glbt (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender)-straight alliance at my school, i see this in other political areas as well. next to maybe the business students, the students in the math & science building are the least interested in our events or causes. we frequently take part in poster hanging throughout the buildings, and next to the student union building and other "public" areas, posters and flyers in the math & science building are torn down faster than any other academic building. (and we do anticipate people tearing down flyers with any non-straight themes, but it is disturbing nonetheless).
with all of this supposed anti-geek witchhunting going on since (and before) columbine, i cant help but think of the problems the gay community has endured... imagine having laws that bar geeks from marrying? imagine being pistol whipped just for being a geek? imagine people picketing the funerals of geeks with signs saying "social inepts deserve to die!!" its sick.
i always complain that for the most part libertarians upset me more than the hardcore conservatives because the libertarians, if they cared, might be somewhat supportive on social legislation, but they dont.
apathy is a terrible plague. and its even worse when the only times a person isnt apathetic is when something directly affects them. its greedy and selfish and unfortunate.
i cannot help but remember the story ive heard numerous times in regards to the holocaust and the man who wouldnt help the jewish people when nazis were taking them away, and then finally when they came to take him away, there was nobody left to help.
thank you katz for finally calling the slashdot community on their selfish politics and elitist attitudes.
-jason ronbeck