I've noticed an interesting phenomenon. People get caught up in causes that seem so dire and suddenly something changes: a scientific discovery, for instance, that makes the whole thing irrelevant.
For instance: stem cell research controversy. The "pro-life" crowd is up in arms about it and tries to stop it because they think there's some conspiracy to create abortion mills to harvest stem cells.
http://www.care2.com/causes/susan-g-komen-foundation-also-stops-funding-embryonic-stem-cell-research.html#ixzz1lJ1mazKr
What's hilarious is many of these controversial subjects would be
irrelevant if people put their focus on finding solutions instead of
championing the cause of the day. Guess what? The issue will soon be
irrelevant and these kind of people will have to find some other witch
to hunt.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16456136
Same thing with eating meat. I totally get why people are against it.
But now, they're growing edible meat from cow cells. So, you'll be able
to have a steak without killing a cow. Issue over. Time to lay down the
picket signs and find something else to do. If humans stopped putting
their efforts into justifying themselves and demonizing others to make
themselves feel righteous and put their energy towards solving our
mutual problems together, all this bullshit would go away and we'd live
in a fucking Star Trek-like utopia.
I get so irritated with people and their self-righteous causes. Instead of looking at "the other side" as demons intent on eating your children, look at the core problem, the core human need and try to address that. Use some of that energy towards creative problem solving instead of demonizing others and championing your self-righteous cause. That is, do that if you REALLY are interested in improving the human condition for everyone.
If not, just keep on doing what you're doing. Feed your ego and let the suffering continue. It's up to you.
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