Must You Always Be Right

I have come across many people who when you
are in a heated discussion they can not seem to
let it go. They insist their opinion is the right one
and they will not let you leave the table until they
can change your views.

Why is this? Can't one just have their own opinion
with out it being right or wrong. Usually I just walk
away but it is harder when you are dealing with
family members. This is the toughest group to
deal with.

I had a conversation with a certain family member
the other night while we were out to eat. We were
discussing the Movie Blood Diamond. This movie was
based on a true events in life. The events take place
In the 1990's in Sierra Leone. It is about of course
blood diamonds. It is a great movie I highly
recommend it. Well many people were forced
into slavery under the rebels to mine for diamonds
latter to be smuggled out. Many children were also
captured and made to be part of the rebel troops.
The one child that was taken was between 10 and 12
years of age. They beat the children and did not feed them.
Then one day they bring them out and blind fold them.
They hand them weapons and make them shoot.
When they take off the blindfolds of course they had
killed Innocent people. The boy was of course hurt and
shocked but what could he do? Then they drug them
and keep them drugged to fight. Soon any part of who
they were has disappeared.

I was saddened because these children have no where
to run and no other choice but death itself if they do not
do as they are told and kill their own people. Plus they
are drug induced all the time.

This certain family member said well their is no reason
to stay like that they need to make a choice what is right
and wrong. I was set back. How can they make this choice?
It is not like they are in the US and into drugs and can
go get help on the next street corner. They are in the
middle of no where, a child forced to fight with the rebels.
Now if they were taken as an adult fine. They can make
the choice to die and not follow, but how does a child really
make that choice?

Well the family member said if you try hard enough you
can always make things better for yourself.
I said for What the **** this is not like accomplishing
the American Dream. Anyway you get my point. The
person would not give up on this. I said hey we just have
different views in life you are entitled to your and I am
allowed mine. Of course they still continued, I needed to
see the light. How many people have you met like this?

I also wonder why it is some people are so cold towards
other people's pain and hardship. Why such a lack of
compassion is so wide spread. So many of us see hardship
everywhere in the news on TV in photo's and magazines.
But how many of us truely see it, or truely try to do
something no matter how small, or do we just change
the channel or turn the page.