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Originally posted by Whit
Okay, Bugz. Now that we've established that you were going to ask the same thing as Quzah perhaps you'd like to take part in this discussion and respond to something that was said since then. There are, in fact, three posts to choose from.
What's that? No, you'd much rather just attack Quzah, who was having a reasonable conversation with the rest of us? Well gee, thanks for taking the time to add something worthwhile to the thread.
Now that I'm done with the sarcasm, would you please try again without the attack?
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Whenever I see the name "Quzah" I automatically go into attack mode, it's a conditioned response. I wasn't actually going to ask anything, but rather make the statement that "It kinda irks me when the nightly news emphasizes that "Oh no what a tragedy, 2 kids were killed", like who cares that 500 adults died too." Which I obviously already made in that post. But, if you want commentary, here it is. I like Chewy's idea that God loves irony. I don't do as novice does and "rekindle my innocence vicariously" through "kids and puppy dogs". For the most part I dislike kids and I love puppy dogs. As far as your post, Whit, I see what your saying, but don't agree.
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Originally posted by Whit
Kids, any kid, has a much greater potential of experiences than an adult. We've already experienced so much of life, and if we choose to think it through, even understand a great deal of it. Kids haven't and at young ages, can't. But they will. I feel awe when considering this. What's more, I like kids because of it. I don't much care about adults, save for the ones my life has brought me into contact with, and I have chosen to like.
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My feeling is.....how is it more tragic to lose a kid who has the equal potential of doing good or doing bad, as opposed to losing an adult, say a doctor, who has already done good by society and if remained alive would further benefit society? I mean if we could hold up a 2 yr old kid against a serial rapist and say who would you rather die on that bridge, of course we'd say the rapist who we know is bad compared to the kid who has a 50-50 chance of becoming bad too. But, the fact remains that "good" adults are killed all the time and I believe that their deaths are just as tragic as a kids. I realize this idea is flawed somewhat, but I just don't see how it's anymore tragic for a kid to die than it is for an adult. Another way of looking at it is...the kid with no real life experiences won't know what it's missing as opposed to an adult who has life experiences and will. That's kinda dumb too, but anyway it's how I feel.