Righteous Wrath and Ignorant Anger

It seems to me that there are a lot of angry people in the world.  I was just roaming through Facebook and some of my friends were sharing various items and one of them struck me.  It was a picture of Republicans beating up on a gay marine (staged photo, I hope).  Which got me thinking about how violent our society is.  For example, just look at the type of shows on television that endorse bad behaviours. 

       Violence isn’t just the notion of beating someone over the head with a baseball bat.  There’s the subtle type of violence that includes passive aggressive behaviour.  The thing to consider is that everyone’s skin had a different thickness.  Some people can take a lot of abuse seemingly, while others are extremely sensitive to the slightest comment (that would be me).  But even those with thick skins have a breaking point when it comes to harsh words.

       In the last 2 weeks there have been numerous incidents in Calgary but at least two with fatal consequences.  A couple of weeks ago an 18 year old boy was knifed to death by a “friend” because of a “dispute”.  This weekend a man was killed by a sucker punch outside of a bar, apparently over  a disagreement about a picture.  Really?  Someone was killed because a person couldn’t control his feelings about a stupid picture? 

       Once again, I can harp on the way drivers behave on the road.  Twice a day I see the most outrageous type of driving and you can disagree with me until the cows come home but I will NOT back down.  Speed is a huge factor in aggressive driving and I absolutely believe that Deerfoot should be reduced to 80 km an hour.  The nutbars that come zooming up the Deerfoot to connect at the junction to Okotoks is beyond anything.  All they care about is getting to that intersection ahead of everyone else, faster than anyone else.  I’ve seen them going at speeds of over 140 km an hour . . . so what about the poor folks who have just lost speed on the Macleod side and are going 107 while trying to merge to go further south?  They DON’T CARE since it’s ALL ABOUT THEM.

       Was society always this selfish, self-absorbed, aggressive, mannerless and just darned nasty?  I don’t think so.  I believe that we are creating ever increasing morons rather than human beings.