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Paul's avatar

I don't think in terms of forgiving. I think in terms of survival.

As much as the love thy brother stuff might sound good, the reality is that few people are truly thy brother. The vast majority don't give a fuck and will happily throw you under the bus, be it to get ahead, to assuage their hangups, or to do what-the-fucking-ever else. I don't give a fuck back. My strategy is to squeeze through the cracks, dodge shit that's coming my way, look for people in the same boat I can associate with if need be.

As to forgiving the pieces of brown matter who were rabidly promoting the shots and all the other stuff, I wouldn't expect them to do anything else. It would be naive to expect that people in general are somehow principled and will stand up for the right thing. If that were the case, the world wouldn't be as fucked up as it's always been.

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Dee's avatar

Forgive? When all is said and done the people who forced this are mass murderers. There is a penalty for murder. Therefore according to their logic we too must "just do our job and punish the murderers." Nothing personal.

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