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Dutch  178
07-23-2003 11:29 AM ET (US)
Ok, so you're a big riddle, a true enigma, I can barely wrap my feeble little mind around your complex individual-ness.


Wrong. You will not understand me -- or anyone else on the Internet -- no matter how hard you try. There is nothing special about me that makes it futile for you to try in this specific case.

...and yet you get pissed off when other people declare, "I was born different, maaannnn!"


I get pissed off when they declare it. They can think it all they want. In certain forums set aside for that purpose, they can talk about it, so long as they recognize the uniqueness of other individuals and don't insist upon special rights to accomodate their uniqueness.

This is beside the point, but I also feel I should add that my moral code does not preclude me from engaging in hypocrisy. I recognize that stealing and violence are wrong, for example, and I do both anyway. Pointing out my hypocrisy will in no way prove that stealing and violence are morally correct.

And yet, you have also said several times that I should look in the mirror,
could it possibly be that you stand to learn something there as well?


Of course I could learn something. I already have. In fact, the whole purpose of getting into this was to learn something. What was your reason for getting into this?

(for the record, not a "punk" , and not a Buddhist)


If you're not a Buddhist, then how can you pretend to have any idea what you're talking about when you claim that I know nothing about Buddhism? Maybe because you're a punk? Quite a paradox, isn't it?

If you are not a Buddhist, are you a seeker of wisdom? Are you saying that it's my problem, not theirs, because you realize some spiritual truth about the nature of suffering? Or are you making this claim because you are a punk, and you think it's my problem that I judge your brethren harshly?

In /m177 I wrote that you have no idea whether I'm bullshiting you or not. To be more specific, I meant that you have no idea whether I really think you're a punk. I have no idea what motivates people.

I do know that you came into this discussion by accusing ___x of being blind to reality, and then followed up with the same bullshit against me. Not to mention that you got yourself wrapped up in some bullshit debate about Buddhism (as if such a thing is even possible), knowing full well that you have no idea what you're talking about. I'll withold judgement, though.
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