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Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 18-05-2025
Interesting article about how 'empathy is a parasitic plague'.
Apparently even Christians are adopting this view - I've no idea how the hell they reconcile this vicious view with their bible, which I think tells them to 'love thy neighbour'.
I'm extremely grateful not to be living in America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/08/empathy-sin-christian-right-musk-trump?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Oh_hunnihunni - 18-05-2025
I dunno lilith, I am having a hard time NOT loathing our drunk driver neighbour. Who by the way is supposedly on holiday overseas for two weeks, which means he's due back this coming week...
Be interesting to see if the 'he's done a runner' lot are right!
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 18-05-2025
(18-05-2025, 11:38 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I dunno lilith, I am having a hard time NOT loathing our drunk driver neighbour. Who by the way is supposedly on holiday overseas for two weeks, which means he's due back this coming week...
Be interesting to see if the 'he's done a runner' lot are right!
Might be best if he has.
Perhaps the odd exception; especially those vile creatures who abused kids under the guise of religion...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - heisenberg - 18-05-2025
(18-05-2025, 11:56 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:(18-05-2025, 11:38 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I dunno lilith, I am having a hard time NOT loathing our drunk driver neighbour. Who by the way is supposedly on holiday overseas for two weeks, which means he's due back this coming week...
Be interesting to see if the 'he's done a runner' lot are right!
Might be best if he has.
Perhaps the odd exception; especially those vile creatures who abused kids under the guise of religion...
how about the vile creatures that murder babies
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 18-05-2025
(18-05-2025, 01:16 PM)heisenberg Wrote:(18-05-2025, 11:56 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Might be best if he has.
Perhaps the odd exception; especially those vile creatures who abused kids under the guise of religion...
how about the vile creatures that murder babies
Fairly sure that those who murder children are imprisoned.
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - heisenberg - 19-05-2025
(18-05-2025, 03:35 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:(18-05-2025, 01:16 PM)heisenberg Wrote: how about the vile creatures that murder babies
Fairly sure that those who murder children are imprisoned.
really? Who’s in the can for the kahui twins or ruthless empire
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Oh_hunnihunni - 19-05-2025
In a perfect world...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - heisenberg - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 06:37 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: In a perfect world...
yes and in another thread we have a poster wishing for more killers to take out corporate bosses and none of the be kind lefties seem to have a problem with that
Priorities eh
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - king1 - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 05:36 AM)heisenberg Wrote:(18-05-2025, 03:35 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Fairly sure that those who murder children are imprisoned.
really? Who’s in the can for the kahui twins or ruthless empire
justice often takes time heisenberg, i'd put money on the police knowing exactly who did the crime, but simply waiting for someone in the family to turn. Vows of silence is nothing new and not specific to any particular ethnic group.
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - king1 - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 07:58 AM)heisenberg Wrote:the poster appeared to be regurgitating one of the more recent internet memes.(19-05-2025, 06:37 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: In a perfect world...
yes and in another thread we have a poster wishing for more killers to take out corporate bosses and none of the be kind lefties seem to have a problem with that
Priorities eh
This is not the same as stating/condoning more killers to take out corporate bosses - moreso a call for change in the US health system.
e.g https://medium.com/bouncin-and-behavin-blogs/we-need-more-luigi-and-less-musk-f5560c886a40
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Oh_hunnihunni - 19-05-2025
Sorry, as one of the resident lefties I didn't see the corporate bosses thing, though I confess to supporting inflicting protest damage on corporate property. Seems fair, seeing corporates make a habit of damaging other people's property. And the planet, on regular occasions...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 05:36 AM)heisenberg Wrote:(18-05-2025, 03:35 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Fairly sure that those who murder children are imprisoned.
really? Who’s in the can for the kahui twins or ruthless empire
I'm sure you understand that first there has to be an arrest,then a trial etc.etc.
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Oh_hunnihunni - 19-05-2025
There is also the point, that if we really wanted to support better families, and the elimination of child abuse in this country we could do it, by focusing political will on the effort. Weknow how to do it, we just don't want to do more than more of the same old...
Because the reality is it is not a priority of ANY government. If it was we wouldn't be seeing the trafficking of Samoan children into domestic slavery here, among other despicable cruelties.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561416/children-as-young-as-6-adopted-made-to-work-as-house-slaves?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 12:03 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: There is also the point, that if we really wanted to support better families, and the elimination of child abuse in this country we could do it, by focusing political will on the effort. Weknow how to do it, we just don't want to do more than more of the same old...
Because the reality is it is not a priority of ANY government. If it was we wouldn't be seeing the trafficking of Samoan children into domestic slavery here, among other despicable cruelties.
Yes we could....but its SO handy to have people we can refer to as less than, people we can blame for anything & everything; it was THOSE people over there, those 'other' people.
The beloved scapegoat group.
You might think that, by this stage we might have woken up to ourselves & made a start on putting things right...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Praktica - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 11:57 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:(19-05-2025, 05:36 AM)heisenberg Wrote: really? Who’s in the can for the kahui twins or ruthless empire
I'm sure you understand that first there has to be an arrest,then a trial etc.etc.
Nah - I'm sure heisenberg would prefer a mob assault, then a good old lynching...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Lilith7 - 19-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 12:11 PM)Praktica Wrote:(19-05-2025, 11:57 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: I'm sure you understand that first there has to be an arrest,then a trial etc.etc.
Nah - I'm sure heisenberg would prefer a mob assault, then a good old lynching...
Probably a possibility - & worse, he's unlikely to be alone in that.
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Agent_24 - 19-05-2025
(18-05-2025, 10:58 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting article about how 'empathy is a parasitic plague'.
Apparently even Christians are adopting this view - I've no idea how the hell they reconcile this vicious view with their bible, which I think tells them to 'love thy neighbour'
I don't think most of them even actually read it.
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - heisenberg - 20-05-2025
(19-05-2025, 08:17 AM)king1 Wrote:(19-05-2025, 05:36 AM)heisenberg Wrote: really? Who’s in the can for the kahui twins or ruthless empire
justice often takes time heisenberg, i'd put money on the police knowing exactly who did the crime, but simply waiting for someone in the family to turn. Vows of silence is nothing new and not specific to any particular ethnic group.
the kahui twins were murdered in 2006, how much time ...........they can keep their vow of silence in prison
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - Oh_hunnihunni - 20-05-2025
Oh! Wow! So, we should just throw everyone involved in jail and call it sorted? Hmmmm...
I don't think every crime is able to be solved and those responsible brought to justice, sometimes people get away with stuff. And heave a deep sigh of relief when it happens. Big stuff and the small everyday errors of judgement.
That is why we have karma. And the older I get, the more karmic solutions I get to see. Makes me glad I chose the vanilla path, though of course, there is still time...
RE: Loathe thy neighbour - king1 - 20-05-2025
(20-05-2025, 05:41 AM)heisenberg Wrote:(19-05-2025, 08:17 AM)king1 Wrote: justice often takes time heisenberg, i'd put money on the police knowing exactly who did the crime, but simply waiting for someone in the family to turn. Vows of silence is nothing new and not specific to any particular ethnic group.
the kahui twins were murdered in 2006, how much time ...........they can keep their vow of silence in prison
looks to me like its the mothers family saying the father did it, fathers family saying the mother did it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris_and_Cru_Kahui_homicides
But the father has been tried and acquitted - and then there is this
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/mother-said-she-killed-kahui-twins-witness