anatomy of an idiot

[adam_at_home]

well, i haven't been called a 'fag' with that characteristic tough guy grunt for about ten years, and even then not outside the wilds of high school... but evidently, in the year 2007 no less, a young man has decided to furnish me with a nostalgic revival. one would have hoped, even in such a short time, that collective faculties of reason might

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[adam_at_home]

dude, i'm sure you can't be complacent enough not to detect the TONGUE-IN-CHEEK. the subject title is 'anatomy of an idiot' for fuck's sake! there is an element of formal essay farce to say the least. therein lies (what i intended as) the comedy. if you actually knew me you might have picked up on this. even with the posturing though, the language is still efficient and succinct in my opinion. i personally like words, i think they're nice.

that being said, i was expressing genuine feeling in it. reading back over it again, i fail to locate this self-pity you detected. moral indignation perhaps... i don't see the problem with this. it is important to see the difference between asserting moral superiority via argument in one instance, without presuming superiority as a person. there are, although relativists would disagree with me, arguable moral absolutes.

you actually seem to be the one suggesting that this guy was almost of a 'lower class' (a peasant?) and shouldn't be expected to be held accountable for his actions, however slight. then you go on to imply that I'M the one thinking i'm better than he is, or that i'm not human or something. we are all african apes, don't think i am not perfectly aware of this. i can still rant and rave pompously about someone being a dickhead on my livejournal.

if i actually knew who you were and you weren't just jumping in for a stab, i'm sure you wouldn't take issue with my choice of words.