Individuals' Responsiveness

  Recently, I've noticed one thing. At first it seems weird, however, you accept it. The thing is how we, individuals, respond to news, especially negative ones. We are studing International Relations, consequently, we have to keep up lots of different news, mostly not pleasant ones.

  During last month I've read news regularly in order to write my posts in the blog. So, trere is plenty of information in my head which means joyful moments as well as tragic events. Regarding good news our emotions are understandable, that is they are almost the same, they are positive. Therefore, fractions of happiness of human-beings are able to join peole around the world in spite of their social status, race, religion or political preferences.

  Now, let's focus on negatively shocking news. Unfortunately, we hear and see them much more often. Precisely, this kind of news are known quite swift via TV, Internet, newspapers and word of a mouth. For example, when I've heard about the situation in Syria for the first time I was really frustrated by acts of violence existing there both from the government of Bashar al-Assad and its opposition. In addition, hostile actions of illegal grouppings within Syrian territory with a participation of Kazakhstan citizens and others puzzled, moreover, frightened me because these insurgencies commit murderous crimes justifying it by the war for the God(Jihad). However, after a while my resposiveness is becoming less and less. I continue to live as usual, to study, to eat and sleep calmly. Seldom, I find out information about current events horrifying. Probably, the distance is playing a big role in my perception of this conflict. Briefly, Syria is situated in the Middle East, so I feel safe which allows to enjoy life.

  I assume, other individuals behave like me. We waste time surfing the Internet while an enormous number of people are suffering, starving and dying. The most helpful thing we can give is our "like" in social networks. Nevertheless, I'm not sure this happens due to the time we are living in. The nature of people are always the same. Our responsiveness decreases over time and a distance is important as well.