MY ANSWER IS A SOLID NO
In Philosophy class, we watched a documentary called "Catfish". As a matter of fact, this documentary is often credited with increasing the popularity of the term. "Catfish" now what an interesting term. First off, Let's define what exactly "catfish" means. Sadly, it's not the delicious food that is key to my heart. In this film, "Catfishing" is a term for creating fake profiles on social media to create false identities. In this film, Nev develops an interesting relationship with a young girl named Abby. Abby appears to show interest in many of Nev's photographs and begins to send him paintings of his art. At first, this relationship seems so special and truly pure. This soon escalates to an online relationship to the rest of Abby's family. And this relationship is focused heavily on in the film. One particular relationship that flourishes is the one with Abby's sister, Megan. Nev and Megan begin to hit it off. Nev was LOVE-STRUCK about Megan. And is seemed that Megan felt the same way. However, as the documentary continues on, we soon relaxes that Megan is not who she says she is. As Nev begins to delve deeper into this family, he finds himself in an intricate layer of lies. He soon finds out the truth. Turns out "Megan", is just Abby's mother Angela.
At the end of the documentary, there was an interesting question raised. Should we feel sorry for Angela? After a further discussion with a fellow colleague of mine, I have come to the conclusion that yes, we can feel sorry for her. BUT I want to stress this one point. What I want to elaborate eon is the fact that just because we feel sorry for her, it does not justify her actions. Some individuals made comments like, "Well look at the life she lives, don't you feel sorry for her?"
To me, it is extremely wrong for her "escape" from her hardships include lying and toying with another individual's feelings and emotions. Having a tough life doesn't validate how you can treat people. Not only that, she seems to have no sympathy for what she has done. She was fully aware of what she was doing. She even went out her way to have 2 PHONES for this so called "hobby". And I firmly believe that she was aware of what she was doing wasn't right. I say this because, if she truly felt like what she was doing, she wouldn't have went out her way to hide it from her husband. To her this was a game, and when confronted with the truth she stills lies.
6 comments:
I totally agree that it is okay to feel a little sorry for her but that does not justify what she did. She could have chosen any other hobby or just stick to painting instead of messing with peoples emotions.
It's really funny how you start your statement, but I agree you shouldn't be so forgiving to the catfisher. They should have not done that to Eve, it is so messed up.
At first, I felt sorry for her but like you said if you have two phones it's a hobby. I think that that was a good way of putting the situation. Additionally, she did continue to lie even when Nev got there.
Nice post, it’s funny what you’re opening sentence is! I agree that we shouldn’t justify her actions, a hard life in no way gives you the right to do that. But I still think we should feel sorry for her, her family, etc.
I also felt super sorry for her at first and I do understand that she needs an outlet to try to escape but she can’t just ruin/mess with someone’s life just because she isn’t happy with hers.. just liked her husband said.. she chose what she wanted in life. She made the choices to be where she was at and no one forced her to stay in the situation.
I also felt a little sorry for her at first. However, after sitting back and thinking I grew out of it. Yes her life may not be perfect, but like you said she found happiness at someone else's expense. She continued to lie after being called out. This honestly makes me wonder if she truly cared about Nev or if she just did not want to stop the way he made her feel. Most people do not want to continue to hurt someone they love or truly care about. specially right after being called out
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