The rest are no longer worth talking to or even thinking about.
See this post as to why: nobody-really-cares-a-personal-journey-of-liberation.html
Let's say there's a guy named Roger Smith.
And let's say that there are a group of people (we'll call them "Haters") who hate Roger Smith.
The Haters often smear Roger Smith on social media and chant "Death to Roger Smith!" The Haters often try to kill Roger Smith or his family members.
One fine day, Roger Smith is driving down a 2-lane street.
In the parallel lane to Roger's Smith's left and in Roger Smith's lane behind him are many cars full of decent people, plus children and babies.
They comprise Roger's extended family and also go by the name of Smith.
Roger Smith knows some of them personally, and some he doesn't, but he knows they are all decent people who do not want to murder him. And anyway, they are family, however far extended or different they are from him.
To Roger's right stands Roger's immediate family, including his children. They wait for him on the sidewalk.
Suddenly, the Haters shove a stroller with a couple of Hater babies into Roger Smith's lane.
Even more disturbingly, these babies are the Haters' OWN children!
They've done this before and Roger Smith despises this inhuman trick of theirs.
At the same time, Roger Smith must make a split-second decision, knowing that whatever he decides, the Haters will continue to push their own children into Roger Smith's lane during future drives.
So should Roger Smith:
- swerve into the left-hand lane, killing and wounding his extended family members (including their children & babies)?
- plow into the sidewalk, killing and wounding his own babies & children?
- hit the brakes, causing the cars behind him to kill or wound him, plus all the others (including babies & children of the extended Smith family) killed or wounded in the pile-up?
- continue forward, unwillingly killing the Haters' babies?
The ethics are clear.
Of course, running into the Haters' babies, though extremely disturbing and undesirable, is the lesser of the 4 evils.
Not only that, because all the other people and cars on the road ALSO contain children & babies AND are part of the Smith family, Roger Smith's instinctive reflexes will cause him to keep going forward in the attempt to avoid hitting them.
In short, the Haters decided that babies & children must die.
Because of how the Haters set up this diabolical situation, they compel Roger Smith to decided WHICH babies & children must die (i.e., the ones in the parallel lane, the ones behind him in his lane, or the ones on the sidewalk to his right, or the Haters' babies in his lane directly in front of him).
But the Haters have already determined that SOME babies & children must die.
They repeat this villainous scheme again and again.
There is no way around it.
The Obviously Guilty Party
Who caused them to die?
Their deaths are clearly the fault of the Haters.
Roger Smith would never run into babies on his own. In fact, he actively seeks to avoid doing so.
The Haters, with full knowledge and intent, shoved their stroller with their own babies into Roger Smith's lane, coercing Roger Smith into an untenable position.
Any sane person can clearly see how the Haters deserve full blame and blood-guilt for the death of their own babies.
Any sane person would also consider the Haters incurable psychopaths.
What is the Response of Any Sane & Moral Person?
"Death to Roger Smith!"
"Death to the entire Smith family from the river to the sea!"
And let's say all the mainstream newspapers side with the Haters, printing headlines blaming Roger Smith for the babies' deaths, and referring to the Haters as "Pedestrians with Unique Walking Patterns."
They paint a sympathetic portrait of the "Pedestrians with Unique Walking Patterns," claiming they have no other choice but to push their own babies into oncoming traffic.
After all, the Smiths (who invest their resources in developing their lives) live much better than the Haters (who invest their resources in trying to destroy the Smiths — especially Roger Smith).
In response, the Smiths gather video clips & eyewitnesses reports proving the Haters push their own children into Roger Smith's lane, forcing him into an ugly position.
Furthermore, the Smiths present military intelligence clearly showing the Haters intent to cause the deaths of babies & children.
How should we respond to people who refuse to believe the undeniable evidence against the Haters?
How should we respond to people who say any of the following:
- "Well, I think you should be willing to plow into your own family members and even die yourself to avoid hitting the Haters' stroller. After all, you need to sacrifice for peace."
- "The Haters love their children just as much as you love yours."
- "If you gave the Haters their own Alfa Romeos, they wouldn't do this."
- "It's not their fault! They have Unique Walking Patterns! The Smiths need to give these hapless Pedestrians the Smiths' own cars while the Smiths need to stay off the roads. Pedestrians have a right to their own Unique Walking Patterns — and to the Smiths' cars!"
- "Sure, it's sad when a Smith baby dies, but I feel more passionate about preventing the deaths of babies of the Pedestrians with Unique Walking Patterns. They matter to me much more."
- "I only care about the Haters' babies when they are accidentally killed by Roger Smith. When the Haters kill their own babies or kill a Smith baby, that doesn't bother me nearly as much."
Do these people sound either moral or sane?
What if, after decades of the Smiths providing evidence and hasbara, much of the world continues to say the above, and even stand more firmly on the side of the Haters?
If you are a Smith or a true friend of the Smiths, would you continue trying to convince such people of the errors in their thinking?
Would you even care what they think?
Or would you focus solely on fortifying the Smiths both spiritually and practically, while developing spiritual and practical protections for the Smiths?