People...

As I have come to find out (besides the fact that I don't post very often), people are stupid, ignorant and deceitful. The best way to see that is to read comments on an article. People got furious over the fact that Liis Lass attended the President's reception. People are flustered and angry when a police officer gives a ticket to a person, who doesn't obey traffic-laws. They get mad over the fact that there are more succesluf people in the world. And so on and on and on and on and on. Why is that?

I thought (naively) that maybe it's because Estonian people are just angry and disappointed and jealous, so that they need to axpress their anger in their comments. But no - looking at foreign sites, I see even more anger, even greater accusations, even more bewildering jealousy. Even more so in sports. If a player, who plays for the national side (that seems to indicate that the person is very good at what one's doing), misses a penalty-kick or a free-throw or doesn't make a touchdown or fails to complete a homerun, people treat it as it was the end of days.

I have managed to keep myself away from posting any comments and some people seem to think that I have acted wrongly. No, I just keep my cool and try not to stoop to their (internet commentators's) level. Even if I post anything on a website . . . what good is going to come out of it? Is Ms Lass going to stop going to these kinds of events? Hardly. Are they going to let the player take the kick again? Never. Is the player going to quit his job as a professional player? Not in a million years. Are the police going to annulate their ticket? Nope.

Therefore I see no point. Yes, it's everybody's right to express their views. But how to make that view public and be civilised about it as well? There seems no way - as long as people still remain angry about it. There is maybe one comment in twenty that does not act foolhardy . . . One person always expresses their disappointment for the rest of the commentators. And I applaud these people.

Yes, I do get angry from time to time. Yes, I'd like to smash my glass against the wall when my favourite player takes a dive or misses the easiest shot ever. Yes, I am pissed off at politicians who seem to be unable to make a decent decision even if their life depended on it. And how do I feel about Ms Lass . . . well, outrage of course. But never, in my wildest dreams, would I think of going on a ramble on the Internet . . . lashing out senseless arguments that change nothing. Where's the fucking point? I have different outlets for my anger - the piano, sports, listening to music, debating in a fierce mood with my family or friends who either agree or disagree with me. I find that working out my anger like that - in a civilised conversation at home or in a pub - has more use to it and reaches more people than sitting at home, fiercely tapping away at your keyboard. (I do realize that what I'm doing right now contradicts everything I have said so far).

But seriously - how retarded do you have to be to say these kinds of things - "Man kills wife for cheating" (the title of the article) and comments - "good riddens" (never mind the grammar or spelling, most of them have never known that it's should have, not should of), or "I woulda done tha same thing" or "well done, mate" or "You aint' cheatin now, are you?:D:D:D" or "but I would of raped her before killing her to show her whos boss ;)" or "I still wait for the law of being able to kill the woman who cheats by throwing stones at her, publicly:)" . . . etc.

Now, my question . . . what goes through their mind when writing that? What are they trying to say? Are they, in their minds, making a funny joke? or in their minds stating an intelligent view? or simply speaking their mind? In any case it shows only their limited brain capacity in doing so. No way would they speak like that if confronted by a reporter in the middle of the street. One other thing I like to do - read forums . . . One especially nice one is the delfi Naistekas. Oh, you could spend hours there, reading really bad Estonian, feeling bad for the person who started the theme. Like - "my husband cheats" (title, followed by an article of one of the saddest stories ever) and the comments are all like ones I described earlier.

It all just makes me sad, that people can be so idiotic, ignorant and plainly cruel. I am disappointed in humans far too often nowadays. I know I sound very much naive right now, but I can't help it. It's just who I am.