This is a problem.danny_boy_zeroOctober 9 2004, 18:47:24 UTC
All right. See, I see this all the time in quite a few of my friends. Maybe this is because of the intensely emotional people I tend to associate with , or maybe it's just fate. At any rate... let me put something on the table for you to ponder
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Re: This is a problem.fftimberwolfOctober 9 2004, 20:50:05 UTC
In an ideal world, that would be a great and wonderful concept. But just like communism, it doesnt work when applied to reality.
Reality is that place where people are looking out for a sucker to trample over and use at any moments notice. There are FAR more people out there trying to hurt you than are giving a damn about you at any given moment.
Maybe you like living extremes. Extreme pain and wounding, in exchange for the occasional extreme joy.
I'll take the centrist road, and take it all in moderation, with more opertunities to pick and choose which I will be receiving. Its a control thing. In a Dog-eat-Dog world, I'm the dog eating the other dog, and I have no interest or patience to have someone try and eat me. I'm playing by the rules of the game, not the rules I wish were in place.
Re: This is a problem.danny_boy_zeroOctober 10 2004, 17:07:49 UTC
Andrew,
The only flaw in that statement (the first part atleast) is that you assumed that I went blindly offer trust to all who ask for it. Obviously, I didn't mean that. Trust is to be earned. But, by blocking yourself off in the fashion she advocates, you automatically prohibit someone from earning your trust. I trust, to a point, anyone, until they give me a reason >not< to offer them any degree of trust. Simply put, I trust everyone while they're in front of me.
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But just like communism, it doesnt work when applied to reality.
Reality is that place where people are looking out for a sucker to trample over and use at any moments notice.
There are FAR more people out there trying to hurt you than are giving a damn about you at any given moment.
Maybe you like living extremes. Extreme pain and wounding, in exchange for the occasional extreme joy.
I'll take the centrist road, and take it all in moderation, with more opertunities to pick and choose which I will be receiving. Its a control thing. In a Dog-eat-Dog world, I'm the dog eating the other dog, and I have no interest or patience to have someone try and eat me. I'm playing by the rules of the game, not the rules I wish were in place.
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The only flaw in that statement (the first part atleast) is that you assumed that I went blindly offer trust to all who ask for it. Obviously, I didn't mean that.
Trust is to be earned. But, by blocking yourself off in the fashion she advocates, you automatically prohibit someone from earning your trust.
I trust, to a point, anyone, until they give me a reason >not< to offer them any degree of trust. Simply put, I trust everyone while they're in front of me.
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