Friday, August 21, 2009

Did we lose our humanity while technology crept in?

I was driving my car the other afternoon in my new hometown of Salem, Oregon. It was a pleasant sunny day and to sprinkle some more cheer I was with my daughter. It was wonderful. A sunny day and my favorite person, I couldn't ask for anything more! The next thing I know not one but two police cars went racing by...the traffic slowed to a halt...I felt sick. I knew something was wrong deep inside but I was unsure of what. Then I found out. There was a man who had been hit by a car and he had gone through the windshield. He was in serious shape. I tried, after the traffic picked up, to drive by as quick as I could so my daughter didn't have to witness the broken pieces of flesh and the unconscious man just laying in the middle of the street. She did. So did I. Something didn't seem right. Then it hit me. Everyone, including me, were just driving right by. It seemed really fucked up. This guy is laying there possibly dying and we are all too fucking busy to stop??? What the fuck is that? I remember when I was little. If there was an accident, people would be gatherered left and right. You had a hard time getting a view of the accident due to the sea of bodies that constituted the concerned audience. Now it seems 2 or 3 people might look on for a few moments before departing. It just felt and seemed wrong. The kind of wrong that made me feel like I needed to vomit. I wish we weren't all so fucking busy and thirsty and in need of e-mails and exercise so we can stop.....AND CARE! And if you can't care then maybe you can just stop for the sake of letting the paramedics work for the money he gets paid. Now there is an American fucking principle.