Kindness

One of my students shared this. And no, we are NOT a chapter of Cobra Kai.

 

You are sometimes very scary @Hanzo

 

Why not meet Thoughtless.(a Bear blade)

 

I'm going to go hide now. Nobody look in the tree.

 

Thanks, @Ganado, I guess...

 

That is classic!

 

That is one I would love to see! New project??

 

Thanks, I needed a laugh.

 

Kindness is often mistaken as a weakness, just another mistake by a sociopath. Easily solved by a rock.

 

I was intrigued by your thread title because my wife has a bumper sticker that reads: Humankind: be both

While I understand the importance of this lesson, I find it difficult to think about living it after The Event. Maybe I should clarify. I believe, despite what some would have us believe, I feel like sympathy, compassion, and kindness will be in short supply for a while. The competitive nature of survival will begin in anger, hostility and pain. Eventually, humankind will assert itself, but the period of anarchy and pain may well be extensive and protracted. I was drawn by your thread title, not to discuss blades, bullets or bludgeoning; but rather the elements of our human nature that will enable us to fight to survive.

I believe that everyone of us has pieces and parts of their personality that are best described as black or dark. The level of control that we give those elements determines our ability to integrate within the parameters or rules of society. In a post-apocalyptic society, for an undetermined period, those rules (rule of law) will be suspended and that animal nature will be required to survive. I wish it would be otherwise. But I don't believe the "dark side" of human nature will let this be so.