Society is to be blamed
for individual failure
Following, I want to invite you to a discussion on the
basis of the movie “L.A. Crash”:
Is
society to be blamed for individual failure?
At first I want to tell you my first opinion. I think
we can consider ourselves as social beings. We need social bindings in our
lives. Even loneliness is harmfuller as smoking. The social bindings make us
dependant on emotions, behavior and thoughts.
The evaluation of the society’s influence on
individuals I don’t want to further discuss.
Fact is that society, including family and friends,
has much influence on us.
Because we all are individuals. And crowds have the
most power in democracy what influences finally all individuals. Mobbing or
bullying is a simple bad case of society’s influence on individuals. It can end
up in the victim’s suicide. (Reminder: What the most people, the mass, does or
thinks, is not a proof of its correctness! p.e. II. WW)
I am making clear now that I agree to the thesis.
In my (crazy) imagination even terrorists like the
follower of Osama Bin Laden, a paediatrist, can be seen just as a poor guy who felt bad in
his childhood so that he wants to fight, struggle for his personal right
ideals. Unfortunately violently in Djihad.
Because society forms individuals society is to be
blamed for individuals failure also.
But this is dependant on the kind of failures. And I
have to admit that we cannot give all the blame to other people. Otherwise the
law and justice could not work when all people would be seen as good ones “in
nuce” and all actions wouldn’t have consequences.
At last I want to give a few examples of L.A. Crash
for proofing the correctness of the thesis.
·
Tom
Hansen kills Peter. This is his failure. It is the consequence of his
stereotype which is made by society and maybe by experiences with other black
people in L.A. in his past
·
John
Ryan harasses Christine. Normally, he would not do this! But he is influenced
in his emotions by Shanqiua who triggered his anger, desperation. He is hurt…
·
Even the
car crash at the beginning can be viewed as a proof. The other driver, a part
of society, is responsible for the accident. You can always blame the others :o
The next problem to discuss would be how much
responsibility and paternalism for others is right?
And how much blame can be given away to society? Where
is the border?