Reply #5: if you believe in karma you can (and do) walk on by those who suffer

[pitohui]

after all "it's their karma they deserve it i leave them to it"

no, i don't believe in karma, in fact, it's a hateful "blame the victim" type of belief

YOUR specific story is charming but, in practice, for most, karma is an excuse to blame people for getting sick (well, they smoked or their daddy smoked or they worked in a coal mine but they somehow EARNED lung cancer) or for being raped (you shouldn't have worn that dress) -- there's always a reason why the bad thing happened to that person, so the believer in karma can satisfy themselves smugly that the bad thing cant happen to them

karma -- "cause and effect" as its believers like to say -- is pretty much a hateful, oversimplified belief that if something has happened to you, it's all of your own doing

since i was born w. a genetic disease i obviously do not believe in karma and i will forever hate/resent those who blamed me and thought it was something i did (in the womb? BEFORE I WAS FUCKING BORN?) that caused me to be deformed

THAT'S "cause and effect" too, i guess...