Comments on: I Want To Raise Awareness About Not Raising Awareness Anymore http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/ Hating Everyone Since 2005 .............(This Could Take Awhile) Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Relayer http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/#comment-7633 Relayer Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:11:44 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=1981#comment-7633 I once saw a bumper sticker that read "families are forever." It depicted a happy group of stick figures, holding hands, some taller than others, others with longer hair (and there might have been a stick dog in there as well). Anyway, I thought to myself: "Now, Relayer, what do you think that person is trying to accomplish with that sticker? If families really were 'forever', then there would be no broken families, no problem. But then if that were the case, then this person wouldn't need to display the bumper sticker in the first place. Who else does it address but the dysfunctional, broken up families? But if families do break up, then they are not forever. Shit. I had better get two six packs today." To sum up: The very use of the 'families are forever' bumper sticker invalidates its own message. So what's the point, if not a clear and coherent message? I, too, have not been able to fail to notice the 'coexist' sticker--one of my favorites (even though the Star of David is a far cry from an 'x'). Nothing like the bumper of some stranger's automobile to advise me on how to act and think. Kind of like the human form of dog butt-sniffing, it seems. Anyway, I wonder, if those who refuse to coexist--whatever that means--had a symbol, would the hippies who created the sticker have found a place for it in their happy little alphabet, just like they did for the peace sign? Of course not, but they should, which brings us back to incoherence, the question 'WHY?', and the ultimate answer: butt-sniffing. I once saw a bumper sticker that read “families are forever.” It depicted a happy group of stick figures, holding hands, some taller than others, others with longer hair (and there might have been a stick dog in there as well).

Anyway, I thought to myself: “Now, Relayer, what do you think that person is trying to accomplish with that sticker? If families really were ‘forever’, then there would be no broken families, no problem. But then if that were the case, then this person wouldn’t need to display the bumper sticker in the first place. Who else does it address but the dysfunctional, broken up families? But if families do break up, then they are not forever. Shit. I had better get two six packs today.”

To sum up: The very use of the ‘families are forever’ bumper sticker invalidates its own message. So what’s the point, if not a clear and coherent message?

I, too, have not been able to fail to notice the ‘coexist’ sticker–one of my favorites (even though the Star of David is a far cry from an ‘x’). Nothing like the bumper of some stranger’s automobile to advise me on how to act and think. Kind of like the human form of dog butt-sniffing, it seems.

Anyway, I wonder, if those who refuse to coexist–whatever that means–had a symbol, would the hippies who created the sticker have found a place for it in their happy little alphabet, just like they did for the peace sign? Of course not, but they should, which brings us back to incoherence, the question ‘WHY?’, and the ultimate answer: butt-sniffing.

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]]> By: Alex http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/#comment-7367 Alex Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:12:17 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=1981#comment-7367 I always considered "raising awareness" to be nothing more than moral entertainment, where people justify doing nothing by telling other people to do it. The only awareness raising I did was wear pink armbands or tape when I played football in highschool to raise <a href="http://www.cheapo.co" target='_blank' >money</a> for cancer research, when people asked me if I was doing it for breast cancer I said "not breast cancer, ALL cancer", the pink was just to grab attention. Even then though, I recognized that all I was doing was playing football. Nothing more. That being said, this out lines my thoughts perfectly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yIlX5ZKHRU I always considered “raising awareness” to be nothing more than moral entertainment, where people justify doing nothing by telling other people to do it. The only awareness raising I did was wear pink armbands or tape when I played football in highschool to raise money for cancer research, when people asked me if I was doing it for breast cancer I said “not breast cancer, ALL cancer”, the pink was just to grab attention. Even then though, I recognized that all I was doing was playing football. Nothing more.

That being said, this out lines my thoughts perfectly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yIlX5ZKHRU

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]]> By: Alex http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/#comment-7366 Alex Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:11:06 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=1981#comment-7366 I always considered "raising awareness" to be nothing more than moral entertainment, where people justify doing nothing by telling other people to do it. The only awareness raising I did was wear pink armbands or tape when I played football in highschool to raise <a href="http://www.cheapo.co" target='_blank' >money</a> for cancer research, when people asked me if I was doing it for breast cancer I said "not breast cancer, ALL cancer", the pink was just to grab attention. Even then though, I recognized that all I was doing was playing football. Nothing more. I always considered “raising awareness” to be nothing more than moral entertainment, where people justify doing nothing by telling other people to do it. The only awareness raising I did was wear pink armbands or tape when I played football in highschool to raise money for cancer research, when people asked me if I was doing it for breast cancer I said “not breast cancer, ALL cancer”, the pink was just to grab attention. Even then though, I recognized that all I was doing was playing football. Nothing more.

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]]> By: Mark Reid http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/#comment-6677 Mark Reid Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:46:51 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=1981#comment-6677 With the statement and example you're giving regarding Dispersion of Responsibility or, the Bystander Effect, I think you're probably referring to the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York City. She was raped repeatedly and murdered, while there were several eyewitnesses in the early morning. It's a textbook example used in my introductory psychology class and it does show how we all are inclined to shovel the responsibility to another person, or assume someone else will pick up the load. Quite depressing. With the statement and example you’re giving regarding Dispersion of Responsibility or, the Bystander Effect, I think you’re probably referring to the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York City. She was raped repeatedly and murdered, while there were several eyewitnesses in the early morning. It’s a textbook example used in my introductory psychology class and it does show how we all are inclined to shovel the responsibility to another person, or assume someone else will pick up the load. Quite depressing.

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]]> By: anne nakis http://www.misanthropytoday.com/i-want-to-raise-awareness-about-not-raising-awareness-anymore/#comment-6442 anne nakis Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:13:26 +0000 http://www.misanthropytoday.com/?p=1981#comment-6442 I agree with you entirely about dispersion of responsibility. That seems to be pervasive at both local and national levels. And while you'd probably type me as one of those do-gooder protestor people, I will say that raising awareness is only minimally successful. Most people have no desire whatsoever to have their consciousness, or conscience, or intelligence raised one iota. They are blissful in their ignorance. I agree with you entirely about dispersion of responsibility. That seems to be pervasive at both local and national levels. And while you’d probably type me as one of those do-gooder protestor people, I will say that raising awareness is only minimally successful. Most people have no desire whatsoever to have their consciousness, or conscience, or intelligence raised one iota. They are blissful in their ignorance.

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