Losing Faith in Humanity...

[dunno001]

almcchesney said:

ssj12 said:

libellule said:

I m a LOT more sicked of people dying, having desease, not having food, sleeping in the street and the overall "unfair" aspect of life than some people being racist ...

actually that more comes about from the overall hate that people give to the unfortunate.

everyday WalMart throws away hundreds of thousands of dollars of food because of a power failure that lasted 2 hours because its becomes an insurance write-off rather then maybe donating that food since there is nothing wrong with it. (And yes this is true) There is enough food thrown away jsut by WalMart a year that could feed every homeless or poor citizen in the USA for years.

Its the problem of greed from corporations and poorly aimed hate towards the poor and unfortunate. People can help other people get food and shelter. The only problem is there isnt enough people willing to do so. Yes, it is unfair, but the people not willing to donate time or money to help are greedy, stuck-up, pieces of trash that are made up of the older generation (see my other post).

the question i have is this, what is worse, having a company waste tons of money/food using it as a tax write off, or having a system that encourages your clients to waste tons of money/food. I more or less point the finger at the insurance company insuring the goods that doesnt look at things on a case to case basis, and not incouraging the donation of the food.

The problem isn't actually the taxation system, both options give them a tax write-off. The problem lies with liabilities. If something went wrong with any of the food, and someone got sick (or even someone thinks they got sick) from the food, society has told them to sue, in this case, sue Wal-Mart. Even if Wally wins, the legal fees (since they won't be able to recoup much of anything from those who can't afford food) will eat up the tax write-off, and the news stories will remove any good will you may've gotten. It's too big of a risk, one I can't blame Wal-Mart for not taking.

Anyway, subject at hand. I've said before to myself that if there was a way, I'd turn in my resignation to the human race. I can't stand the way we treat each other for pretty much any petty difference. We're leeching the Earth's resources, all for ourself. And yes, everything is about us, short term, right now. I've seen theories that there will be no more oil in 50 years. Right or not, I don't know, nor am I guessing. But if true, what're we doing about it? Nothing, we'll deal with that problem when we come to it. This of course, ignores the fact that the people making these decisions will be dead, screwing over later generations.

I'm a firm believer in complete and total equality. What is this "no shirt, no shoes" policy in the US? Because women have breasts that some religions think should be covered up? Screw that shit, get rid of it. Men and women are equal, both should have full choice over what they choose to do, as long as it doesn't impede on others. Black or white skin? Gay or straight? Why do these matter? Why do people have to split themselves into so many categories, when the problems we are going to face are all of humankind's problems? We are humans. I shouldn't have to categorize myself into the category of 'white gay atheist American male.' And I could throw more words in there, too, to further split myself off from others. Individualism is all well and good, but we all need to be able to work together. As one. And not have all these petty differences.

Ugh, sorry for rambling. I just really hate all this crap we do...