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explosivecombat) wrote2014-04-08 08:35 pm
explosivecombat) wrote2014-04-08 08:35 pm
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- *text,
- @bertholdt fubar: sweet summer child,
- @carmen sandiego (here she is),
- @greed's poor life choices,
- @walter,
- admittedly kind of asking for it,
- being you guys is suffering,
- but is everyone mad about genocide,
- engaging in heresy,
- god is dead and my tl;dr has killed him,
- hell are you even,
- how edgy of you,
- i used to be hardcore,
- just thought he'd ask,
- kimblee please stop helping,
- like a brick to the face,
- look at your life; look at your choices,
- my social skills are flawless,
- professor of fauxlosophy,
- slacking off like hell,
- surprisingly not plotting anyone's death,
- texting into the void,
- that may have been a bit insensitive,
- that wasn't morbid at all,
- this is gonna suck,
- this is really stupid,
- today we are tranquil for once,
- well that's needlessly sinister,
- why we can't have nice things,
- with apologies to carmen sandiego
032. [Text]
[...and it seems it's time for another round of Horribly Inappropriate Questions, with your host: This Asshole.]
You know, a while ago I posited to the network that this world is based around battle culture – admittedly a softer, watered-down version of it, but battle culture nonetheless. One's power is assumed based on the strength of their personal army; one's social status is determined by how many gym leaders they've managed to defeat, or how easily they can crush those who stand in the way of what they want. It's interesting to me that such a society should likewise be based around a message of love, peace and tolerance; one would think that for the sheer amount of destruction that everyone's carrying around within arm's distance, this place would have dissolved into anarchy long ago.
Equally interesting is the stance on war that most seem to have taken here; even the locals seem opposed to it, overall. I have to wonder why – what it is about this place in particular that makes the idea of war and conflict so abhorrent to all within it.
Ah, but it's entirely likely that it's a matter of points of view, isn't it? I'm from a militaristic society, personally, so war and conflict seem to be the natural state of things – are most nations generally pacifistic like this? Or is this abnormal even by your standards as one of the..."foreigners", I believe they like to call us?
I'm interested in answers, though I can take or leave identities; answer anonymously if you wish, but even if you don't, you know what they say about glass houses.
[...You know, there are some things that never change. Yes, Kimblee, everyone here probably does get mad about genocide; either way, happy birthday, you crazy son of a bitch. If this is how you're going to spend this evening, you are more than welcome to do so.]
You know, a while ago I posited to the network that this world is based around battle culture – admittedly a softer, watered-down version of it, but battle culture nonetheless. One's power is assumed based on the strength of their personal army; one's social status is determined by how many gym leaders they've managed to defeat, or how easily they can crush those who stand in the way of what they want. It's interesting to me that such a society should likewise be based around a message of love, peace and tolerance; one would think that for the sheer amount of destruction that everyone's carrying around within arm's distance, this place would have dissolved into anarchy long ago.
Equally interesting is the stance on war that most seem to have taken here; even the locals seem opposed to it, overall. I have to wonder why – what it is about this place in particular that makes the idea of war and conflict so abhorrent to all within it.
Ah, but it's entirely likely that it's a matter of points of view, isn't it? I'm from a militaristic society, personally, so war and conflict seem to be the natural state of things – are most nations generally pacifistic like this? Or is this abnormal even by your standards as one of the..."foreigners", I believe they like to call us?
I'm interested in answers, though I can take or leave identities; answer anonymously if you wish, but even if you don't, you know what they say about glass houses.
[...You know, there are some things that never change. Yes, Kimblee, everyone here probably does get mad about genocide; either way, happy birthday, you crazy son of a bitch. If this is how you're going to spend this evening, you are more than welcome to do so.]
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Was it worth it?
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Not really. Maybe I thought it was a long time ago, but you know how things change.
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No, actually, I don't; I've always believed in living with no regrets.
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[Sweet Freckled Jesus, Kimblee. Teach him how to live like that.]
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What was done hardly matters; what matters is why. Things happen because I choose to allow them to happen; I'm in control of my own fate, and there's no sense in pretending otherwise. I chose my path based on what information was available to me - why should I regret looking out for myself?
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...I won't go into detail about it here, but I did something when I was a kid. Think eleven or so. Someone had to do it, but I didn't really understand why, just that I was one of the few that had the power.
I just don't know how people can do something like that and not feel any regret. I... I'd give almost anything to be like that, even if it was just for a little while.
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What matters, then, is why you chose to do what it is you've done. I've just explained how even coercion leaves you with a choice, so if it was that sort of situation, then you did what you thought was necessary. Or perhaps you liked the power; you liked being special, you liked doing what no one else could. I don't need to explain how that's acting for yourself.