Stop the Dolphin Massacre

[Memmia]

Yeah, that kind of sucks. But I wonder if there was ever a point in our history where people did for the most part care, and if it's something we can set as a goal for human kind?

Myself and a group of friends were discussing this the other day funnily enough.

We said we are an uncaring generation compared to our forefathers, however, when you look back to even just a few hundred years ago, you hear of children working in poor conditions, orphans, child prostitutes, as well as animals being treated extremely cruelly, but people were slow to protest. Many species of animals were wiped out by game hunters, especially in Africa.
I don't feel that we are uncaring. Just look at all the recent demos, and societies like Greenpeace etc. These are all general 'people off the street'.
We have more tools at our disposal, such as the media and internet. If you look at the BBC's 'Have your say' for example, people do care.

Maybe it's more of a case that due to the wide distribution and easy access to media, each of us seems to care for widely different causes and there is less unity for a common goal than previously. :?