Human mind runs from pain that does not belong to them

@vandana7 (98529)
India
March 17, 2023 11:10am CST
It is my observation... We listen, watch, or read. We would even put ourselves in the victim's shoes, checking if we would be able to tolerate that. Sure we utter the right words. But those words are in relation to what we would feel in the victim's shoes. But to be fair, without doing that, we will not understand that pain. And then snap...we are out of that mode...we forget...well it is not happening to us, or did not happen to us...or our loved ones.... Sort of ...fine, now I don't want to be in that vicinity. Strangely, the pain ..the intensity of the pain...that we felt too becomes less the next time we hear of it. How else do we explain the world sitting on the brink of WWIII, and not doing anything frantically to come up with any solution? Would NATO leaders try to approach Putin? I think they should. As to Zelensky's generals, no longer able to stand the stress...yeah, they have seen too many die...not being attached for long periods has its own perils. We see the terrorists in Afghanistan and elsewhere. What are we....crazy? Dumb? Can't we take our lessons from the past? Do we have to be so machine like....repeat the same program again and again? I don't know...the gut feeling is not good. There are a lot of crazy people out there, and there are innocents who have still not learned how to say a single word. And there is helplessness that I cannot do anything.
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@TheHorse (203755)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
Sadly, I am more affected by crime that happens here in my neighborhood. I watch people die in the news with blunted emotions.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
17 Mar 23
But the first few days ...you will agree ...plight of Ukrainians was felt by all of us. I am a retired person. I couldn't stand the thought of a person having worked hard for entire life suddenly finding himself or herself without food and shelter...and no hope for getting the monies out of bank or pensions....... what a stress.......no hope for medical coverage.....suddenly cheated out of entire life.... No.....I would have tried to do the balancing act between the NATO and the Soviet Union. After all, I would have received ample from Soviet Union...their technologies, access to their systems in the past, their education system, etc. As a new nation, I should exhibit some gratefulness.
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@TheHorse (203755)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@vandana7 You would be willing to be a part of the Soviet Union again after having been an independent country for years?
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@TheHorse (203755)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar 23
@vandana7 Did India's freedom from England occur without any bloodshed? I honestly don't know.
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@jstory07 (133795)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Mar 23
I do not think we can reason with Putin. But I hope we can before another country is destroyed by him and men, women and children are killed.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
22 Mar 23
I liked the fact that the Chinese leader has approached him. I wish Indian PM had done that.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
22 Mar 23
@jstory07 Yeah...but I doubt if China would do that.
@jstory07 (133795)
• Roseburg, Oregon
22 Mar 23
@vandana7 But Putin want the Chinese to give him weapons which would be a bad thing to do.
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@RebeccasFarm (84372)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
17 Mar 23
Yes what is the answer to these questions..I surely do not know nor understand humanity standing by. I can only surmise it is engineered..all of it.
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@JudyEv (323745)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar 23
I agree, especially with the helplessness bit.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
22 Mar 23
I am actually happy that the Chinese leader has shown some daring. I wish other leaders had done that much before instead of sharing arms.
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@LindaOHio (153167)
• United States
13 Apr
Man will never learn from his mistakes. We will continue to not get along; and we will continue to wage war. Stupid.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
13 Apr
Every day when I see Brent price, I think of Ukrainians...wonder if they have enough to eat.
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@LindaOHio (153167)
• United States
13 Apr
@vandana7 The Ukraine is suffering from a lot of shortages I'm sure.
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@Adie04 (17364)
18 Mar 23
Gut feeling is sometimes good, sometimes bad because we feel too much and somehow affects our mood and emotion too.
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@vandana7 (98529)
• India
22 Mar 23
Oh I agree with what you have to say....but here, while nuclear war on Ukraine or any other European country other than the UK is not on cards, the fact remains that lives have been lost. People's lives have been shattered. It is not fair. Most of the time they are only voting for infrastructure and jobs and stability of their currency.
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@popciclecold (35015)
• United States
17 Mar 23
So very true. Not looking good for any of us.
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Mar 23
I think that the ICC is doing well to charge Putin and issue a demand for his arrest. I feel helplessness too. And others don't seem to take it seriously.
@sjvg1976 (41134)
• Delhi, India
17 Mar 23
NATO should approach Putin but they will not because they know if they do that Russia can create problems for them.
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@JimBo452020 (42639)
• United Kingdom
17 Mar 23
My gut feeling is that Armageddon is close. Once one nuke lands, more will follow I don't think I would be trying to push Putin into a corner. Too risky.
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