Quote Originally Posted by FunkyMonkey
Ghost, I appreciate what you have said.
I have a better understanding of what you are saying. The video you mentioned about the guy being held down with a foot on his head while he is executed by knife is STUCK in my head. I saw that one a few years ago and it hasnt left me. I hear the gurgles he made and see the knife, the spreading pool of blood its all still up there. That one was one of the first I ever saw and I 'forced' myself to watch it to completion even after a voice in my head screamed at me to look away because what I was seeing was WRONG.
I sat through it and sat stunned, with goosebumps ( the same goosebumps I got when you reminded me of the video) wondering if it was real. I couldnt believe that I had just seen a man killed right before my eyes! KILLED ! FUCKING DEAD! My god what did I just see? My god do peole really do this shit and tape it to see it a few more times?
Was this a sanctioned killing? Why were there spectators?
My mind was filled with questions that I couldnt answer.It showed me that in other corners of the world there is a reality so different than my own that it appears to be from another planet. I started to educate myself more on what people do to people daily and I have had my eyes opened. I would hear on the radio about something horrible and it woudlnt register. Now I hear it and in my mind I see the scene and feel the gravity of it. They may be from some other country, some other culture and some other world but its like it just happened down the street. It brings the real world closer to me than I like sometimes but its a world we cannot escape, only change. And we need to be aware before we can change. Im not saying I can change anything myself. Im just saying that it is a tool that can contribute to the movement to change the world. One mind at a time.
And btw, I cannot even for a second watch anything to do with children, or rape. I have tried but I cant do it. We all have our limits. That is mine. I know that shit happens and I know I will never get it outa my head if I watch. My point is , I understand your limits and respect them.
i havent seen my 2 youngest kids in almost 10 yrs and every time i see one of those storys about some predatory scum killing or raping a child it scares the shit out of me im sure i'll catch shit from 1 or 2 people for sayin it but when they found the girl in idaho last week i was so happy i started to cry but that happy feeling turned awfuly quick to anger when they said her brother prob wasnt going to be found alive.. i will never be able to understand people who enjoy seeing a person or animal suffer... no more than i will ever understand why these people who intentionaly harm others are allowed to leave prison and go right back out and do it again after they recieve sentances for hurting a kid that are less severe than many people get for growing pot