tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post1561713059149690482..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Kindness as DevianceDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-27441767707504006672013-01-22T18:37:19.658-05:002013-01-22T18:37:19.658-05:00Isn't it a sad commentary on society that simp...Isn't it a sad commentary on society that simple acts of kindness/honesty/ thoughtfullness are found to not be the norm??Rickismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078192111057725026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-15211947913795054942013-01-16T19:47:55.554-05:002013-01-16T19:47:55.554-05:00I was about to post something very similar to what...I was about to post something very similar to what Anonymous said at 15:12, but she (or he) said it better than I would have.<br />I read this post in the morning, and have been thinking about it all day, and it keeps occurring to me that it could simply be that those women are jerks. It could be one leading the pack, or it could be birds of a feather flocking together (to mix metaphors), but whatever the reason, their actions and words are those of jerks.<br />Don't judge the rest of the world by them. There's already enough to deal with.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05909196786266434960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-69278274776394054382013-01-16T15:12:31.362-05:002013-01-16T15:12:31.362-05:00Makes me think those people having the conversatio...Makes me think those people having the conversation maybe aren't the sort of people I think are nice. But I bet they have a set of values that makes them nice people by their values. Strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-48178081593577468112013-01-16T08:42:42.398-05:002013-01-16T08:42:42.398-05:00thanks David, thoughtfulness is a pre-requisite to...thanks David, thoughtfulness is a pre-requisite to being kind. I often feel that our "pre-requisite" has become self-centered and self-serving. As for the patient "thing"....well, wasn't that perdictable and sad? My favourite was a local priest, after finding out my vocation, admirably relayed that this must be my path as I am obviously patient. My response: of course I am patient...I'm still married.joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343527109541284534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-53038585302034428602013-01-16T05:53:32.303-05:002013-01-16T05:53:32.303-05:00Dear Dave,
from what I see in my daily interactio...Dear Dave,<br /><br />from what I see in my daily interactions people tend to use kindness more or less based on their own experiences. <br /><br />My mom is a preschool-teacher caring every day for ca. 20 five and six year old kids and trying to teach them basic knowledge. In a line at the grocery store she sometimes lets people with fewer items get in position before us if we have more items in our cart. This does not apply to people only buying cigarettes or alcohol also no to people she knows are constantly obnouxious. We live in a small city...<br /><br />I am looking out and try to help people that look tired and I guess are exhausted or need help. But there is always the question if they want my help...<br /><br />My dad sometimes tells me, that I am too polite. He is always thinking about himself first. I think his childhood has something to do with him being a sort of "lonely fighter".<br /><br />Kindness is something that is not taken lightly nowadays nor is it given lightly sometimes. But I am glad it still exists and its a unique part of people.<br /><br />Julia<br /><br />PS. Still havent finished my thoughts on your "help put on my shoes and socks" post. But I have to admit that there are things I simple can not do because of smells. All my life smells are something I have to deal with. And I can help putting clothes on a baby but changing nappies makes me vomit and sometimes I even can not smell myself. I guess my oversensitivness has even piked becuase of all the hospital smells I had to endure in my younger years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-50563036334472736682013-01-16T04:25:05.160-05:002013-01-16T04:25:05.160-05:00I got where you were going with it from the beginn...I got where you were going with it from the beginning. It saddens me also that people are often shocked at manners, common courtesies and the like. But then it enrages me that it was just assumed that b/c of your disability you developed a moral compass. As though, had you been "average" you would have behaved differently. Argh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058599479183178484noreply@blogger.com