British band Depeche Mode asks the question.
“People are people, so why should it be,you and I should get along, so AWFULLY?”
How does this song and video CHARACTERIZE HUMAN NATURE?
“PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE” (by Depeche Mode)
RATIONALISM – appeal to REASON, LOGIC; one’s MIND or “intellect”
ROMANTICISM – appeal to EMOTIONS, INSTINCTS and “passion”
“Man is his OWN most VEXing[troubling] problem”. – Reinhold Niebuhr
People are people
So why should it be
You and I should 1)WHY do people get along
GET ALONG so AWFULLY so “AWFULLY”?
People are people
So WHY should it be
You and I should get
Along so awfully
So we’re DIFFERENT colors 2)Is“XENOPHOBIA” (fear of the “outsider”)
we’re different CREEDS “normal” OR “UNnatural” part
And different people have different NEEDS of human nature?
It’s OBVIOUS you hate me
Though I’ve DONE NOTHING WRONG 3)Why do people “HATE”?
I’ve NEVER EVEN MET YOU Is hate CONTRARY to human nature
so what could I have done or is it an INTRINSIC part of it?
I CAN’T UNDERSTAND
What makes a man
HATE another man
Help me understand
… People are people…
Help me understand
… Help me understand
Now you’re PUNCHING
And you’re KICKING
And you’re SHOUTING at me 4)Is HUMAN DECENCY “COMMON” or
I’m RELYING on YOUR COMMON DECENCY an “EXCEPTION”? [not common]
So far it hasn’t surfaced
But I’m SURE IT EXISTS
It just takes a while to travel 5)Why is the author critical of
From your HEAD to your FISTS those without “common decency”?
I can’t understand 6)What does this song say about
What makes a man people, “reason” and “understanding”?
Hate another man Is it logical to treat people “humanely”?
Help me understand 7)Is man’s INhumanity to man “natural”,
an EXPECTED part of [“irrational’]
human nature?