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Posted by BrianNZ on September 9, 2008, 6:15 am
Road Glidin' Don wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:03:25 -0400, Howard
>
>> On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:20:54 GMT, langkd_NO_SPAM@shaw.ca (Road Glidin'
>> Don) wrote:
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sep 6, 12:56�am, langkd_NO_S...@shaw.ca (Road Glidin' Don) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> More likely it's just the case of an embittered, old man who's always
>>>>> held those sentiments, with lots of time on his hands, becoming more
>>>>> and more invested in his beliefs as he dwells on them, anxious that
>>>>> his days might end without him having made a significant mark in life
>>>>> and becoming increasingly bold, as he sees that spreading hate
>>>>> propaganda doesn't result in a threat to his safety.
>>>> Pay attention, dumbass. What goes around, comes around. Someday you
>>>> will personally reap the reward for your Ageism and Gerontophobia and
>>>> you will be called "a bitter old man"
>>> If I become like you, yes. But that's not likely.
>>>
>>> You aren't going to live forever, Krusty, and this racist crap you are
>>> spouting will be your legacy.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it be better to renounce the folly of a life devoted to
>>> hating people before they've even done anything right or wrong (on
>>> race) and join the company of good men instead? Then, "what comes
>>> around" will be the respect normally reserved for those with advanced
>>> years.
>>>
>>> If not, unfortunately, you will continue to be treated as a diseased
>>> dog that needs to be put down (in the metaphorical sense), to protect
>>> innocent adults and children from what your racist ideology strives to
>>> achieve. And, yes, that includes people like my wife and children, so
>>> it is personal to some extent.
>>>
>>> On your present course, you will be the one meant by the saying, "Have
>>> you considered that the only purpose for your life could be to serve
>>> as a warning to others?"
>> If I WERE that kind, I believe that the thoughts above alone would
>> affect me some. To be such an asshole that the only reactions to your
>> death were to be like some of those we saw with another person's
>> recent death (won't say who....like there is any regular who doesn't
>> know who I mean). I could imagine a VERY similar legacy in this
>> case.
>
> Very true. I believe people like Krusty will someday look back at how
> they spent their life with regret, once they realize how unfruitful it
> was. As with Henry and the other person you refer to, they never
> gained a single thing doing what they did; and (like Krusty) they all
> tried very hard.
>
> Trying to destroy others, they only destroyed themselves. And as they
> saw that, they tried more desperately until that became all they stood
> for. What a testiment to waste of life. And what a warning people
> like that provide to others.
>
> At the risk of getting too preachy, every one of us will be given
> reasons to hate and be bitter at times but, in the final analysis, we
> choose how much we let it plan our days for us. If we are unable to
> keep thoughts of hate and revenge in check, it will end up denying us
> the ability to grow, mature and develop lasting, fulfilled
> relationships.
>
> Then, as life goes on and this defect undermines almost every aspect
> of life, we will just acquire even more bitterness. It eventually
> develops into the age-old foolishness of blaming the world for
> everything wrong in our lives.
>
> <dismounting soap box>
>
Preach on.......You damn neared dragged a 'Amen!' from a heathen. :)
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