{"id":1494,"date":"2018-07-02T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=1494"},"modified":"2018-07-03T08:34:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T06:34:53","slug":"is-socjeta-tal-lum-qed-iggieghlna-nkunu-insensittivi","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/is-socjeta-tal-lum-qed-iggieghlna-nkunu-insensittivi\/","title":{"rendered":"Is today\u2019s society de-sensitising us?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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People are not born\u00a0hating others. They are not born disrespecting the emotions of people living around them and they do not grow up with a desire to hurt or kill. It is not in the nature of human beings to take pleasure in hurting others, or to feel indifferent in the face of others\u2019 suffering and hurts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some people may feel that they have a right to ignore people\u00a0because of difficulties they may have faced which others have not experienced. There are individuals who do not take the time to think about others; they never consider the humanity of another person and that they are in fact the same. \u201cPutting themselves in another\u2019s shoes\u201d is an alien concept.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems that technological advancements and rapidly emerging new\u00a0modes of being are leading to a world that is becoming more impersonal. Over time, the bond that there once was among us is loosening.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Insensitivity is a\u00a0cycle that has no end. Wherever it may spring from\u2013 envy for another\u2019s good fortune, bitterness arising from a life of suffering, cultural or religious traditions, failure to relate to others or simply the result of the unregulated world we are building today \u2013 insensitivity is a threat to society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe one day people will realise this and will work to break down the walls that\u00a0have come up\u00a0between us.\u00a0Until then, we can only try to think of others before ourselves and consider their circumstances and emotions before we judge them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us not let the prejudiced ideas we have about people around us control what we think about them.\u00a0We would do better to let ourselves be open to the ideas and values of others who are different from us. For now, this may be the only way we can mitigate the insensitivity that exists in our society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are good genuine people out there that have altruistic thoughts and emotions \u2013 and who put others before themselves. However, these people are rare! The example given by the driver a few days ago who stopped the bus in\u00a0Hamrun\u00a0to help a person who had fainted and the reaction\u00a0of some of the passengers who were on board gives rise to reflection on the human values that we are living in our (supposedly progressive) society!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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