(February 18, 2007) -- Follow your intuition and act? When it comes to genocide, forget it. It doesn't work, says a University of Oregon psychologist. The large numbers of reported deaths represent dry statistics that fail to spark emotion and feeling and thus fail to motivate actions. Even going from one to two victims, feeling and meaning begin to fade, he said. ... full story
In My View of it, this is one of the biggest things that is wrong here in this Country. We are so overexposed to the atrocities that happen in this world that we have become indifferent to all but the most spectacular events. Apathy and indifference appear to be the status quo for most of us!
Feb 19, 2007
How Do We Stop Genocide When We Begin To Lose Interest After The First Victim?
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