Various Rants

[insaneladybug]

And so we come to the last day of the year. **yawn.** New Year's has never been a big thing for us, and I am honestly often cynical about the holiday to begin with. It's just one day changing to the next. What's the big deal? The new year never feels any different immediately anyway. One of Mom's childhood friends actually said she liked New Year's

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[cskazaam]

XD Well, I don't understand liking New Year's better than Christmas, unless it's like the Japanese or Chinese holiday. But I always kinda considered it to be the second most important holiday, after Christmas. I guess that was just because it meant that a whole other year had passed, and there were going to be new things, and things would be different. I guess it was more symbolic, than anything that had to do with celebrating the holiday itself, since we never really did much except snack on various foods throughout the day and stay up late. Maybe it was originally the staying up late that kinda made it special, since we weren't allowed to do that otherwise, as younger kids. (Even though I routinely started to stay up late on weekends later on in high school/college, and now do it almost any time I can sleep in the next day. XD) I dunno, I like New Year's, though it's also kind of a sad holiday, because it always means that vacation/holiday time is over. XD

[insaneladybug]

**nods.** My mom figured it was the staying up late part that her friend liked. I get the symbolism and all that, but it's just ... never been that exciting to me. XD; Now, if we celebrated like the Japanese and Chinese do, I would probably be very excited. X3

Yeah, they all did something wrong, but sometimes the punishment seemed a little off-balance. o.o Like what Northeastwind mentioned up there about someone stealing a watch and his hand being cut off. .___. Though I have heard that was a real punishment in some ancient culture, maybe even Egypt.

**hugs Yami Bakura.**

**snarks.** Yes, you should read it all. X3

Looks like probably the creep was just bullying Bakura and it wasn't an actual rule of the school. o.o

[cskazaam]

XD Yeah, I guess I can't say I was really *excited* about New Year's exactly, especially since it was the end of the holiday. But since it was a holiday, I always saw it as a good thing. XD I wish we celebrated like the Chinese do! That would be so awesome! X3 And LOL, I've been idly considering celebrating some of their holidays myself. Though New Year's would be difficult, since what really makes that exciting is everyone else celebrating it too. XD

[insaneladybug]

Totally! I was just thinking how fun it would be to have an Oriental New Year's celebration. X3

I'm not sure. o.o It may have been an illusion.

It might sound awful, but yeah, I kind of agree that those horrible people hurting the girl got what they deserved. XD; They deserved to see what it felt like. The other punishments still sound too harsh to me, but I can kind of see from their POV. o.o

The only thing I can figure out is that he was mad because all the girls loved Bakura and were flocking around him. XD;

[cskazaam]

Yeah! I might have to go down to Chinatown if they've got something. >3

**nods.** I'm guessing that it was just an illusion.

Yeah, it's kinda hard to understand those other punishments, though I think a big part of the reason was just deterrence. It could be that the problem was bad enough that they had to make such a brutal punishment just to get it under control and keep people from stealing in the first place. Though I do understand the death penalty for stealing a horse... It was something that was really expensive to buy in the first place, that people really had to save up for, unless you were wealthy, which most weren't. And every town was so far apart that if someone stole your horse and left you stranded in the middle of nowhere, it might very well mean you'd be dead, especially if it was really hot out, or if the weather was cold. o.o So it pretty much meant a person's life could be on the line, and the death penalty was probably meant to prevent that too.

XD;

[insaneladybug]

X3 You should!

**nodnod.** o.o

**shudders.** That does help to put it into perspective. o.o