cold-blooded

Am I too unforgiving? Do I have a hole where my heart should be? Am I unfeeling? Do I expect people to live up to unrealistic expectations?

My answer to these questions is no. But I am asked, or told, these same lines somewhat regularly. Perhaps it's a generational thing, because one of the few things I agree with my father is how the majority of my generation seem to be full of lazy, spoiled people.
It is tragic that I have come into contact with so many people who have died at a very young age. Rather, it is tragic for their families. Because even though I have seen a lot of people die before they hit 30 years old, not a single one of these people died because of some terrible illness, or tragic accident. Every single one of them died because of their own stupidity.
I'm a firm believer in the survival of the fittest. Evolution is at work even now. We no longer have to hunt our own food and figure out how we're going to survive any harsh winters. But there are still ways to cull the idiotic from the pack.
Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? It is one of my great fears. SO laughed his ass off watching this movie, I thought it was too true to be funny. This movie is a satiric glimpse into the future of our world--all the intelligent people have died off, leaving the most average Joe in today's world as the most intelligent man in that future. The language is a mixture of "Thug" and "Valley Girl" and everyone is overweight, sloppy, and basically pure trash. Go and watch it if you're in for a scare.
But this year, I've seen so many people that I am very distantly connected to die off because of stupidity. And, although it may sound harsh, I'm glad that Spencer's (or Darwin's, as there is debate) theory of human survival is still true.
Instead of being killed off by Mastodons, Mountain Lions, or harsh weather, we are now being knocked aside by drunk driving and an inability to follow common sense laws.
Every single person I'm thinking of has died because he or she refused to wear a seatbelt, while driving or in a car, and/or got into a car and drove away while drunk and/or under the influence of a narcotic. People are dying because they are riding motorcycles or bicycles without a helmet; because they think it'd be fun to climb a really high cliff or tree and jump into a not-so-very-wide or deep river. This is all we have left to extract those from our civilization who should not procreate.
I do not believe in helmet laws. I do not believe in seatbelt laws. I do not believe in "Sharp Turn, slow down" signs. I do not believe in handing out free condoms. I do not believe in warning labels on cigarettes. If you are dense enough to partake in any activity where the potential consequences are known, then you deserve what you get.

There. I said it.