“A long while ago I was on facebook saying something about missing my father after he died. Someone came on the thread and said that there is really no such thing as death, it just appears to be so, and that I shouldn't be sad about my father's absence since he wasn't truly absent. After a wee tit for tat on this, in order to make a point, I deleted one of her messages in which she 'proved' that there was no such thing as death. She got extremely upset that I deleted her message but I explained to her that her message was not truly deleted, it just appeared to be so. She continued being upset and defriended me at which point I suggested that she might want to look at why she is so upset with the death of her facebook comment while saying that I had no reason to be upset about the death of my father.”When this was posted, there was a swell of supportive, laudatory comments and likes, and comments on its brilliance. I was greatly saddened by that. This action by the guy (named Martin Goldsmith) was mean-spirited and hurtful. He had the intention of hurting the person who was hurting him. It is sad that this is considered an appropriate action, even considered just and commendable. It is especially sad that this mean-spirited, ugly attitude comes from a community that considers itself as operating from a more developed orientation.
Martin Goldsmith's action was a deliberate move designed to cause distress, discomfort and pain to his commenter, and the people who liked this and thought it was brilliant considered this to be just and laudable, because the commenter was behaving inappropriately. An eye for an eye. Such primitive morality. Not what I would have expected from a community that considers higher perspectives.
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