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Originally Posted by Racoon
So you're saying don't blame anybody?  |
Well, sort of, but not that extreme. The bigger point I was making is that it's generally a waste of our time and energy to focus so much on assigning blame. We spend too many resources on our rage and too few on our problem solving.
The assignment of blame does not solve problems. I see it as a peripheral step to finding solutions to problems.
If a little kid comes home from school with an F on his math test, you could either waste a bunch of time blaming the math book or the teacher, or, you could spend your time helping the kid learn the math so they don't fail the next test. The first option is a waste of time while the second option uses that time to move forward.
Is this more clear, or shall I try to explain a fourth time?
To make it more personal, I blame AM radio and your addiction to the 24 hour news cycle for your anger and outlook, but that won't move you past it. The blame is meaningless. I am trying to focus on the solution by illustrating to you how you could use your energies more wisely, such as better defining the issues we face as a planet and then working to find and implement changes to improve them. Right now, yelling about this big broad bucket into which you throw all arabs (or insert any other "flavor of the day" issue like illegal immigration) is not exactly helping.
