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There's something in this world that we have in abundance, and
that's apathy. Webster's defines apathy as such:
ap-a-thy n. 1. Lack of emotion or feeling. 2. Lack of interest in things generally found exciting, interesting, or moving; indifference. [Gk. apatheia | apathes, without feeling; a-, without + pathos, feeling] Apathy runs rampant. Just look at the last time I wrote a rant, for Christ's sake! But that really isn't the point here. If I don't publish a new rant from time to time, people won't bother checking out the list, and when I do publish a new rant, they'll never know it's there. Then again, BFD. What I'm talking about is the real important stuff. There are things out there that affect us all, sometimes on a global basis. Who cares if it rains on Friday night and fucks up our plans for the weekend. Do you know what's happening to Hawaii? You mean, you haven't heard? A catastrophe that can potentially kill millions of people and cost trillions of dollars in damage, and you haven't heard? Oh, wait, it must have been on Nightline a few seconds after everyone switched over to Letterman. We can't miss Dave, now can we? What about the race problems we have in this country? No one seems to care. Dunkin' Donuts has a special again where you say "Dunkin' Donuts is worth the trip", and you get 6 doughnuts free. Well, a friend of mine went into a Dunkin' Donuts here in NJ, said the phrase, and the trailer-trash scum-bag behind the counter said "Huh?" When my friend explained, the guy said he was lying... my friend is black. Okay, now you're laughing, and probably thinking to yourself "So he got jipped out of some doughnuts. Big deal." Maybe you're right, but this is just one day, and just one incident from this one day. But no one seems to care, unless my friend was almost beaten to death by a white cop... maybe for stealing his doughnuts. What are we going to do about apathy? Ya know, I got a plan! It's a real good one, too! All I have to do is write it down, post it, and the plan will be available to everyone! It's truth will spread like a virus, and soon the world will be a Utopia! I'm going to get to it, I swear! Maybe right after I get a sandwich or something...
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