and may even divert the attention from actual issues.
I wouldn't mind so long as the attention goes somewhere positive, can we please cure Cancer, Aids, HIV, a myriad of other issues that kill tens of thousands a year?
Maybe find a cure for Ebola, rediverting attention from a social issue to one that actually requires attention, government funding, etc wouldn't be a horror show to me. Hell where is the curing of genetic illness and birth defects? We are nearing twenty years from the completion of the human genome project, where are the research divisions devoted to curing crippling to life threatening inheritable diseases?
._. That said i am practical, I'd rather focus on issues that can end/devalue quality of life then some social 'intolerance' thing. We can all move towards a more tolerant world when I don't have to sweat throat cancer because I smoke cigars thank you.
...That comes off a bit brusque but I'd say the point is valid.
Where is the concern about actually improving the quality of human life? Hell if we are talking about social issues what about actually making minimum wage (for those who live in the western world) actually something you can live on? That sounds like it would be a start. I think people often overlook these crucial issues in favor of a cause of the month that is eventually forgotten, that isn't to say there isn't a problem in social consideration for certain groups, but I'd say we can address issues of tolerance in society when society is actually worthy of the title. I'd say improving the foundation of the first world would dramatically impact its other facets, improve education, make wages actually survivable on, punish businesses that ship work (that is in compliance with standards on hazard and health) overseas.
There are many issues of the 'day' and the sad is, many of them are issues of the prior decade and back.
o.o
Huh, I sound like I'm running for office, well I did have that bid for senator back in 11...