A human race desensitized

I recently sat in a company where the people debated how quickly some people came across shocking news and then moved on. Such related topics included, Zuma’s ‘alleged’ rape case and how it was swept under the carpet and then elected president. How Kate Moss was exposed for her drug habits and not long after that she is running the catwalk again.

So why is it that the human-race is able to able to overlook certain things so quickly? I happen to think that life is on fast-forward and we have desensitized ourselves. It’s due to the fact that there will always be something new to talk about. That Jooste’s scandal is only hot news until a new scandal like Tiger’s comes along? Is it just that as humans we are too forgiving after that pitiful slap on the wrist if Malema runs his mouth?

We desensitize ourselves to causally read the horrific stories in papers, not to mention eat our dinner while watching the news. What have we come to??? I asked a friend how he could work in a morgue; he says he just leaves the emotions at the door. He looks at it as a job and not a human whose life had come to an end. How about the doctors who see and deliver bad news, to them it is just another speech or day at the office while they keep it all together.

We switch off our emotions, leave it at home and continue in the rat-race called life…