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I'd like to find your inner child and kick its litle ass
by anna at 04:16 PM on July 12, 2003
Now I've heard it all. This loser goes on a murderous rampage, kills himself and we're supposed to view him as a victim? I don't think so---Homey don't play that. May God roast his soul.
The Washington Times is a conservative rag owned by Moonies. As such, I disagree with most everything it says. The exception being the way it distinguishes between people and terrorists when reporting on the latest spate of carnage. Terrorists aren't people, nor are they freedom fighters or martyrs. They're just subhuman scum. Yet, in the wake of Sept 11, most papers routinely included Mohammed Atta et al in the death tallies. Clearly the world would be a better place had his mom aborted him. Just as clearly, nobody would consider him a victim.
Victimhood runs rampant these days. Everyone concocts a convenient excuse for their shortcomings. She's got an eating disorder. I inherited an alcoholic gene from my old man. He suffered child abuse. She's attracted to losers. None of which is anyone's fault, because we all tried our best.
Bullshit. That is no more than a modern dodge invented by the Menendez brothers' lawyer. You are fully responsible for all your character flaws. You could change if you so desired. You're also to blame for every crime, tort and indiscretion you've perpetrated. Your best simply wasn't good enough and for that you deserve not pity or rehab but harsh punishment.
I can't fathom how O.J. Simpson can sleep at night let alone golf. He must wake up in a pool of clammy sweat, picturing what he inflicted on two innocent persons. He must know that but for his riches he'd be toast by now. Guilt must plague him. Othewise he's downright wicked. Doug Williams should have shot him instead.
After 12 dullards acquitted him he could have confessed without fear of legal ramifications. He should have begged for the Brown and Goldman family's forgiveness or better yet, decapitated himself in a symbolic act of atonement. But he did neither. To this day he begrudges them money that is rightfully theirs, namely his fortune.
While this is indeed emblematic of our amoral society, it's hardly typical. Ours is a hedonistic culture that relies heavily on the ostensible cleansing power of confession and resultant contrition. Witness the mother of all mea culpas, Bill Clinton's. He lamented the pain he'd inflicted upon his family and the ordeal he'd put the nation through and blah, blah, blah. Yet no sooner had he dispensed with his phony baloney brush with repentance did he launch into another acerbic attack on his legion of detractors. Just as Catholics feel absolved once they've confessed their sins to a priest with a bewildered lad wedged between his thighs. In celebration they go out and commit the very same transgressions anew.
I'm not a religious man but I am a firm believer in karma. Horrific personal experiences have taught me that what goes around comes around doubly as well it should.
Why not lead a righteous lifestyle? Drink responsibly. Don't harm or disrespect your peers unless absolutely necessary. Mind your own business. Live and let live. Strive to be honest but tactful. When you trespass against others, don't apologize. Seek them out and offer zesty oral as reparations. Don't be O.J.
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This constant blame game annoys me to no end. “It's not my fault, I’m depressed, I have HDD, I’m dyslexic, God hates me, I have a learning disability, I have anger management issues, Eminem told me to do it.” Why is this lack of self responsibility accepted? I guess it’s because there are certain times where people are pushed to the edge. Although, now it’s hard to tell who was posing and who really snapped.
After the shock of hearing about Columbine, my fist reaction was, “what happened to those kids to make them go nuts”? It’s not hard to imagine if you’ve been the nerd, pussy, fag, dork, douchbag, freak in school, or if you know what toilet water tastes like, the inside of a locker looks like or had one kid hold you down while another beat the shit out of you. Kids are evil and unrelenting. When your cries for help are never heard and you are stuck in this system for years you get to the point where you either want to kill yourself or kill your problems.
Of course, the blame game works for anyone: kids will be kids, Marilyn Manson, violent video games television comic books movies, slacker parents, drugs, goth culture, bullies, depression, blah, blah, blah. I think the root of this is that people choose to ignore problems and not deal with them until things blow up in their face. By then it’s too late and so the blame game begins.
by MrBlank at July 13, 2003 1:58 AM
Touche, Mr. Blank. My son went through a lot of that when he was younger. Kids really can be crueler tham most adults. Mostly he ignored them but every so often he'd haul off and belt someone. Talk about a parent's dilemma.
by anna at July 13, 2003 4:11 AM
I don't know guys. I just don't believe that everyone is born with the same capacity to deal with things. I think that everyone's life experiences and DNA structures work together to shape who they become. Nature and nurture. If you have a pea brain due to inbreeding, and your Pa kicked you around throughout your childhood, you are not likely to transcend these odds by becoming a kind and well-adjusted person. I think people get locked in their childhood mentalities when they are subjected to too much adversity, especially if they are vulnerable to begin with (i.e. poor education, poor nutrition, stupid parents).
There are studies that show that a lot of serial killers lack a sense of morality because when they were kids they had so many frightening experiences that overloading chemical reactions in their brains essentially fried their emotion receptors. Do you believe one could just change that with a positive attitude? I know that is an extreme example, but I belief subtler versions of human flaws result from bad experiences. Some people have the ammo to defeat the bad stuff. Some don't.
I just don't think it's as cut & dry as you do, I spose.
by Linz at July 15, 2003 2:59 PM
Linz, that's a point well taken. Such things shoud be taken into consideration. But it's just like the affirmative action debate going on underneah Eff's post---good ideas in selected instances become institutionalized and internalized as learned behaviors used to take advantage of situations for personal gain. That's when I take issue. Is it cut and dry or cut and dried, Eviltom?
by anna at July 15, 2003 6:02 PM
It's "cut and dried."
by EvilJean at July 15, 2003 9:35 PM
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by Captain Crunch at December 5, 2005 10:16 AM