Tonight I was talking to a friend about the world's problems. I let slip something about myself that I never realized.
Specifically, I said, "If I stood at a console that had one button and that button would wipe out the human race, I'd push it."
I said it almost facetiously...until I thought about it more. And the more I thought, the more I realized how frickin' serious I was.
And that scares me. It scares me to no end. It's not that I'm cruel or evil (I don't think, anyway) or nihilistic or anything like that. I. Just. Hate. People. From the idiots we talk about in this forum to those who propagate war in the name of retaining power. From the idiot old man complaining about how the one who bagged his groceries at the market was black to the ones telling us "God hates you."
I was never like this. I never hated. I used to believe people were inherently good, that they'd look out for what's right. Now? No way. It's like seeing the world through a filter that only let's you see the bad. After all, how can I see divinity in someone who think they're superior to the next person because the other person happens to be a different version of Christian than they are.
I look around and I have to quote from Something Positive:
"The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept.' The only thing wrong with it is the past tense."
Specifically, I said, "If I stood at a console that had one button and that button would wipe out the human race, I'd push it."
I said it almost facetiously...until I thought about it more. And the more I thought, the more I realized how frickin' serious I was.
And that scares me. It scares me to no end. It's not that I'm cruel or evil (I don't think, anyway) or nihilistic or anything like that. I. Just. Hate. People. From the idiots we talk about in this forum to those who propagate war in the name of retaining power. From the idiot old man complaining about how the one who bagged his groceries at the market was black to the ones telling us "God hates you."
I was never like this. I never hated. I used to believe people were inherently good, that they'd look out for what's right. Now? No way. It's like seeing the world through a filter that only let's you see the bad. After all, how can I see divinity in someone who think they're superior to the next person because the other person happens to be a different version of Christian than they are.
I look around and I have to quote from Something Positive:
"The shortest verse in the Bible is 'Jesus wept.' The only thing wrong with it is the past tense."
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