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Caring is Creepy

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

(Another old, unfinished entry from July 11, 2005. I’m not sure where I was going with this, so I haven’t changed it.)

Whatever happened to the idealism of childhood? As one comedian (whose name I’ve forgotten) put it, “why isn’t this a room full of firemen and ballerinas?” Kids don’t like going to the doctor, so why do so many say that’s what they want to be when they grow up?

Children seem to have an innate sense of responsibility for the public good. When does the human decency fade away? At some point, everyone is stricken with cynicism and becomes jaded with the world around them.

I love driving down some of the back roads near home and seeing stands at the road with fresh vegetables and a money jar. In some places, people can still rely on the honesty of others without being ripped off. Some people still believe that people are good and won’t take advantage of others at the first opportunity.

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2 Responses to “Caring is Creepy”

  1. whack Says:
    April 30th, 2007 at 2:04 am

    I’m not sure children have any sense of resposibility, let alone that of the public good.

    I’d wager strongly that it’s much more likely that parents and guidance figures (teachers, etc) constantly barrage kids with "Don’t you want to be a pretty little fireman!?" 15 times a day, and when you’re only offered one choice, the only choice to make is "I want to be a fireman!"

    Or, were you told by your kindergarten teacher that you could be an insurance adjuster, or a shady-handed politician’s associate, or lost cause in middle management?

    Also, I totally agree about your ‘back roads’ comment. Makes me miss the south. I never noticed it until I got out here to CA, that people in the south are much nicer, less hurried, etc, even in the metro areas like Atlanta. (posted on LiveJournal)

  2. privacy Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 11:43 am

    I think you should finish posts like these with an elipsis and then have your readers finish them for you. I’m sure your post would take some interesting directions that you’d never have considered on your own. (posted on LiveJournal)