Thanatos

Have I become too cynical?
The problem with wanting to work in the field of genocide prevention/analysis is that you're working in the field of genocide. After a certain point, you become convinced that all humans want to do is die, and if they themselves can't, then they'll do most anything to help other people reach this goal. We sell drugs and guns with a fanaticism. We watch hundreds of thousands be slaughtered by thousands of others. Then when the slaughterers run out of ammo, we bend over backwards to re-supply them. Indonesia 75, anyone? We place UN generals in impossible positions and then crucify them after with a sadistic joy. Humans are expendable, but some of us are just a bit more precious than others. A thousand people die in a stampede in one part of the world, and a couple hundred die from a hurricane in another... no perspective. Why should we try and write treaties that no one follows? We kid ourselves. Just treading water til some shark comes along.