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How different is your modern culture from the Sawi tenants?
At first glance, it seems that the Sawi tenants are very different from our modern culture. First of all, they practice cannibalism and they indulge in the betrayal of others. I was alarmed of how much pleasure the Sawi people feel when they slay a victim, especially when the women and children also contribute in the killing. It amazes me how such treachery can please and entertain such people into celebrating while even creating decorations out of the victim's jaw bone. However, as you probe deeper and peel back all the external layers, you find that there are not so much differences after all but in fact many similarities between the Sawi tenants and our modern culture.
In our modern-day culture, it is true that we have better technology, food, diet, houses, clothes, lifestyle, etc. The things that satisfy our physical wants may be different, but our psychological wants are the same. Many people would say that the Sawi people are gruesome and disturbed in that they indulge in the betrayal of others. But who are we to judge when we do the same things? Every single person that has lived in this world betrayed someone in their life, and every single person that has been betrayed had retaliated to take revenge. Husbands cheat on wives, wives cheat on husbands. Friends betray each other because of envy and greed. Numerous and numerous accounts of betrayal label our world, so who are we to judge? The Sawi tenants may be more extreme and gruesome but our modern world isn't any different. There are millions of serial killers, rapists, drug dealers, terrorists, kidnappers, robbers, and other criminals who would kill anyone to satisfy their needs, whether it is a 5-year old child or a elderly woman. The Sawi deceive others by "fattening them with friendship." People in modern day scam others by deceiving them with lies. The Sawi gruesomely slay each other in different tribes. Serial killers and rapists strangle, torture, molest, and eventually kill their victims. The Sawi take revenge and retaliate by inflicting the same damage that they have felt. Friends take revenge on each other because of anger and jealousy. There are really no differences between the Sawi tenants and our modern culture, but in fact many similarites that we may blindly miss because of our hypocrisy.
In our modern-day culture, it is true that we have better technology, food, diet, houses, clothes, lifestyle, etc. The things that satisfy our physical wants may be different, but our psychological wants are the same. Many people would say that the Sawi people are gruesome and disturbed in that they indulge in the betrayal of others. But who are we to judge when we do the same things? Every single person that has lived in this world betrayed someone in their life, and every single person that has been betrayed had retaliated to take revenge. Husbands cheat on wives, wives cheat on husbands. Friends betray each other because of envy and greed. Numerous and numerous accounts of betrayal label our world, so who are we to judge? The Sawi tenants may be more extreme and gruesome but our modern world isn't any different. There are millions of serial killers, rapists, drug dealers, terrorists, kidnappers, robbers, and other criminals who would kill anyone to satisfy their needs, whether it is a 5-year old child or a elderly woman. The Sawi deceive others by "fattening them with friendship." People in modern day scam others by deceiving them with lies. The Sawi gruesomely slay each other in different tribes. Serial killers and rapists strangle, torture, molest, and eventually kill their victims. The Sawi take revenge and retaliate by inflicting the same damage that they have felt. Friends take revenge on each other because of anger and jealousy. There are really no differences between the Sawi tenants and our modern culture, but in fact many similarites that we may blindly miss because of our hypocrisy.
Hansol...
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure your view of the world is but in most places, everything is moderate. Yes, there are serial killers and rapists and such but I'm pretty sure they constitute a minority among the people (certainly not millions as you claim). In my opinion, the Sawi are intrinsically evil as they take pleasure in sadistic activities while people in the modern culture are more in the grey area with certain psychopaths who are very evil.