reactions and lessons

[highlydubious]

Newton's 3rd Law of Motion states that "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". Newton is obviously talking about physics, a subject I know very little about, but it gets quoted a lot, and it also has its own entry at Wikipedia, so I guess it'll be alright if I regard it as true, at least for the sake of this humble post

Comments

[avgboojie]

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I'll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.
[...]
He turned and walked away. Nobody followed him. He turned a corner into the corridor leading to the bus stop. He could hear the boys behind him saying, "Geez. Look at him. He's wasted." Ender leaned his head against the wall of the corridor and cried until the bus came.
(Orson Scott Card, Ender's game, 1st chapter)

[highlydubious]

Well... he killed that boy... I wasn't that pissed off.

[avgboojie]

Well, can't blame me for hoping.

What I wanted to say is that sometimes, the disproportional response is the only thing that works, and people tend to always feel guilty after using it, but it's still the only logical thing to do, sometimes. Or shorter yet: you're right.

[highlydubious]

There ought to be a sticker.
hmm... deja vu..