Room 237

[Lindagerr]

When I first responded to this thread I was just responding to what I consider a drop in the average IQ of the general US public.The reason everyone should understand what the blood pressure numbers mean is because even if you seem healthy and feel fine unknown high blood pressure can cause problems in every part of the body if not treated early. That is why blood pressure is called the silent killer. Many people do get signs or symptoms that are not severe and could be attributed to other things and don't follow up until it is too late.

Several years ago when I was still in my 40's and only a couple of pounds over weight I started having bloody noses that would come on out of nowhere and were hard to stop. I have been prone to bloody noses since I was a teenager and hit by a car landing on my face. So I ignored them, one day I was driving and it was so bad I couldn't get it to stop and I was near my Dr's office so I went in. It turns out my blood pressure was something like 220/150 I could have blown at any time. So I guess I expect people to pay attention to those things.

My point though was that people don't want to know what is going on in the world some people don't listen, read or watch the news at all. We are all here on this one earth together and we should know what is happening. Of course we are all more prone to paying attention to what is going on nearby, but shouldn't we know when something major is happening anywhere in the world.

I can bet you that donations came in from all over to help the victims of tropical storm Sandy. I am from NJ but I wonder how many people who benefited from those donations even have the foggiest idea where the places are that those donations came from. The world is shrinking in many ways as people connect to others from all over using the internet and social media, but some people are using the internet just to play games( I do that too) and to put up pictures of themselves doing stupid things ( I avoid this at all cost) but they never bother to use the internet to learn about and connect to the rest of the world

BTW I have not seen this documentary so I am not sure what you are trying to say. I work with mentally disabled and autisum spectrum children (and I have a 26 yr old one) so I will have to watch and see if I agree with your assessment.