danot Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Obviously there's the attitudes of the bigoted idiots, but surely there's more to it than that?. Maybe we're all partly responsible. Do we really do enough to tackle the cruel and bigoted attitudes within our society? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 The evolutionary impulse to favour one's own tribe, family, region, country ... over all others, has not yet been eradicated. People can overcome it, but it's still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 We have to be aware that we are prejudiced and judgemental before we can change how we think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Obviously there's the attitudes of the bigoted idiots, but surely there's more to it than that?. Maybe we're all partly responsible. Do we really do enough to tackle the cruel and bigoted attitudes within our society? Nope, I'm better than you, get the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 What social stigma were you thinking of in particular? In comparison to what life was life when I was a child in the 50s and early 60s, there are no social stigmas left. Live together unmarried, have a child out of wedlock, be the child aforesaid, be homosexual or lesbian, come to the attention of the police, be out of work deliberately, go to jail, be a pin-up or an exotic dancer. All those 'stigmas' seem to have vanished these days. I'm sure I could think of more, if I really put my mind to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danot Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 We have to be aware that we are prejudiced and judgemental before we can change how we think.But does anyone care for their fellow man anymore?. Have the bigots got to us? are we now reluctant to stick our neck out for others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncocker Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 The evolutionary impulse to favour one's own tribe, family, region, country ... over all others, has not yet been eradicated. People can overcome it, but it's still there. are you refering to the newly arrived immigrants and refugees to our shores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 are you refering to the newly arrived immigrants and refugees to our shores? It works on that level as well as on many others. It appears in a harmless form in tribal support for sports clubs, and in a harmful and dangerous form in many ways - including, sometimes, in tribal support for sports clubs via hooliganism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 What social stigma were you thinking of in particular? In comparison to what life was life when I was a child in the 50s and early 60s, there are no social stigmas left. Live together unmarried, have a child out of wedlock, be the child aforesaid, be homosexual or lesbian, come to the attention of the police, be out of work deliberately, go to jail, be a pin-up or an exotic dancer. All those 'stigmas' seem to have vanished these days. I'm sure I could think of more, if I really put my mind to it. Yeah that's the sort of lines i was think of. I'm not sure what the OP is getting at or point they are trying to make:huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Yeah that's the sort of lines i was think of. I'm not sure what the OP is getting at or point they are trying to make:huh: Most of those stigmas still exist among certain groups; they're no longer the norm, but they have not been entirely eradicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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