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[caellum]

Fairness is a concept of purely human invention, having nothing to do with cosmic reality. Snails and stars do not expect fairness. Only humans inveigh against destiny as if they were entitled to something better.

-Red Branch, Morgan Llewelyn

Comments

[paperdol]

I know some humans feel entitled to something better.

Justice is a purely human invention as well.

Striving for fairness (or justice for that matter), or hoping for fairness, is what allows us to get in line at the grocery store, drive on the freeway, and otherwise navigate through life without slamming into each other like drunken zombies on crystal meth.

Or killing homely babies to make the gene pool cuter. That would be totally unfair.

Of course, the idea that stars have any expectations at all also has nothing to do with cosmic reality.

In short, I demand that you chose some other quote, as this one is unacceptable, and perhaps unfair.

[caellum]

When we are treated as enemies by destiny we have a right to endeavor to escape its malignity: and yet the regulator which determines the result of this balance is entirely within ourselves: the same sort of life, which reduces one to despair, would fill another with joy, who is placed in a sphere of less elevated hopes.

-Madame De Stael

[evilprettykitty]

So true...so many people have said to me "It's not fair about your MS" and i always wonder why it would be more fair someone else?

[caellum]

*nods*

[foenix]

"Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because we actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe."

Marcus Cole
Babylon 5, "A Late Delivery From Avalon"

[rgreeneyes]

your timing couldn't have been more perfect.

[caellum]

or worse. I am sorry for all the bad things you have dealt with lately.

[rgreeneyes]

thank you. it was perfect though to remind me that life isn't fair, but that's ok.

How are you btw? I hope life is good for you right now. For the most part life is pretty good for me, just a few bumps along the way.