So one of the facebook friend posted this video:
It’s a TED talk by one Ric Elias who was in the US airways flight 1549 that landed in Hudson river when flock of Canadian Geese struck it. Actually, it should be other way round, when the flight struck the flock of Geese. Don’t we human always make it sound like it’s the animal/birds fault even though we are the one invading their home? Do we really expect the geese to stop flying because we want to travel by air? Anyway, I digress.
So the video is about his experience during that flight and things that he learned during that day (transcript here). His message being: “Are you being the best parent you can?” . His only goal in life being: “to be a good dad.”
Okay, it might make sense to all the parents out there and may be it’s a great message too but aren’t there people in this world who can’t, and quite a few times by choice, won’t be a parent. This video seems to send a message that people who don’t or won’t have kids are somehow don’t have anything to look forward to. To them death will be a welcome change. Okay, I am exaggerating but still think about it. No kids => no one to watch grow up => no reason to live. Doesn’t it have an implication that everyone should be a parent or their lives are useless? Is our goal in life is to breed? Do we really need more children in this world, especially given the population of world outgrowing almost all the resources we have on this planet?
i think it is just a human tendency to want to adhere to the "mass", the "usual" ways of life, the "social norm". the words are quoted to show what i exactly think of them ;)...sometimes people just like to live in the default mode.
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i think it is just a human tendency to want to adhere to the "mass", the "usual" ways of life, the "social norm". the words are quoted to show what i exactly think of them ;)...sometimes people just like to live in the default mode.and those who are already in the default mode, their sense of security and well-being is threatened if an outsider questions their norms and tries to break the rules.
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