The Cellar  

Go Back   The Cellar > Main > Current Events
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Current Events Help understand the world by talking about things happening in it

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-24-2009, 07:58 AM   #16
classicman
barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy.
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 23,401
Quote:
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.
__________________
"like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt
classicman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2009, 08:31 AM   #17
skysidhe
~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 6,828
Quote:
Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
A quarter mile down the road from me, someone burned a human.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Datalyss View Post
And then burn them, and finally sent to hell so Cerberus can use him/her as a chew toy.
I am reading Koont's The Darkest Evening of the year. It's about dogs and burning.

The horror of its reality disturbs me greatly.

In a novel we could hope for and probably get a satisfactory ending.
skysidhe is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:28 AM.


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.