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Old 08-24-2009, 07:58 AM   #14
classicman
barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
 
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Originally Posted by Elspode View Post
There is an appalling lack of personal responsibility in the world these days. Everyone is a victim of someone or something and therefore not accountable for their actions. No one who does something fucked up *ever* says, "Yeah, I'm a fuckwit and deserve to pay for my transgressions." It's always "daddy beat me" or "mommy didn't love me" or "I'm a junkie, so I have a disease" or something else that removes the burden of responsibility for antisocial behaviors and places it firmly on the shoulders of - someone else. *Anyone* else.

My faith in humankind is at an all time low.
Except for the last sentence ... I concur. I have met some of the most amazingly wonderful people in recent months and those whom I should have known and expected to be assholes ... were. Why I thought they might have changed? Dunno, Guess I'm just schtupit.
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