My Promise to you

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Originally Posted by RallyCola

we are getting way off topic here and i invite you to PM me if you really want to discuss this but to answer your query...

no, babies dying in a fire, women and kids orphaned by terrorists, cancer patients and survivors DO NOT MOVE ME.

ordinary people regardless of the job they have or the situation they are in do not deserve respect. you earn respect and just because you are a victim of circumstance does not mean you get respect from me. i think i've been pretty consistent about my lack of respect for that which does not immediately impact me. that is not selfish and it is not cold. it just simply is. my concern does nothing for the victims you outlined nor does it get someone their ipad back so why bother. it isn't worth my time or investment to care because altruism is the biggest farce in our modern society. if you respect someone so much and have so much regard for their present disposition, why not quit your job so that you may be replaced by an escort so they need not fuck for a buck. why not renounce your wealth so that every hungry child in the US can have a snickers bar. Why not donate a pint of blood each day so that we may replenish the stocks of usable supply? Why not open your home to 7 syrian kids who are orphaned? since you won't do all that, but you will give worthless respect and feign concern for someone you will never meet, your empty emotions are enough for the both of us and i will continue not to care either way about that which is out of my grasp, control and concern.

i'll give you another example...i am a die hard yankee fan and if tomorrow jeter's home was invaded and he was sprayed in the face with battery acid my concern would be for the fact that i spent considerable $$$ on a team whose playoff chances were just injured, not the man himself. its just a point of view that not many accept or even understand but its my pov and i'm sticking to it.

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Wow.
What are you, a Satanist? Sounds like it'd be right up your alley, dude.
In other words, you refuse to do anything for anyone unless there's something in it for you and you refuse to concern yourself with people unless their situations have a directly negative effect on yours. While that is logical, it's not human.

Say, Seanchai... isn't there some rule against botting on HA?
I think that might be applicable here. lol.

I FEEL bad,and if there was something I could do to actually help, I would.
By that I mean something I could actually DO.... (something tangible)
I'm disabled,make 700$ a month and while I don't have the things I want, I have the things I need.

I've had to ask for help before....it isn't easy and it's never pretty....
I was homeless...you have no idea how hard it can be to ask someone to put a roof over your head.....
I've NEVER, however asked for people to replace things for me....
when the choice came for me to pay rent or short my landlord 60$ so I could pay my phone bill I chose to let the phone slide a month.....My landlord was even OK with missing 60$. I told him that he gave me a necessity....My phone carrier didn't. My phone is broken right now....I can't afford to fix it for a few more months....Not going to have someone else pay for it,even on my fixed income (Fixed Income? I'm far too young to sound so old!) Because when I get it fixed finally I will feel good knowing I did it without asking for help.... (I take my victories where I can) Don't know if that made sense.....it did in my head....if not,sorry.

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Originally Posted by GrimFusion

Wow.
What are you, a Satanist? Sounds like it'd be right up your alley, dude.
In other words, you refuse to do anything for anyone unless there's something in it for you and you refuse to concern yourself with people unless their situations have a directly negative effect on yours. While that is logical, it's not human.

Say, Seanchai... isn't there some rule against botting on HA?
I think that might be applicable here. lol.

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He's not a satanist Grim. We're obviously dealing with Patrick Bateman's alter ego here....

I'm no fan of Prospero, for a variety of reasons, but I'll resist the strong urge to pile on. I didn't find Acadia's post to be particularly mean spirited or harsh. I knew exactly what she was getting at. She had strong, but valid opinions and let them fly. That's what this place is supposed to be about. I don't know her, but her compassion seems to be legit....and who is anyone to question it ?

What's next.......? Some john comes on here and announces his pay date cleaned his wallet out, and he needs rent money? lol

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Originally Posted by RallyCola

no, babies dying in a fire, women and kids orphaned by terrorists, cancer patients and survivors DO NOT MOVE ME.

ordinary people regardless of the job they have or the situation they are in do not deserve respect.

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Wow. That is fucked up.

yes..i agree...most people are are far more compassionate on their worst day that i ever will be on my best...but i don't really care. i do not respect anyone that has not earned it.

i am not a satanist and i am a huge fan or ellis' novel but my opinions and POV are not evil or that of wishing harm on anyone. i just simply don't care...a level of stoicism and indifference that is misconstrued. i don't want anyone to be robbed, but i don't care if they were. get it?

but we are off topic. the topic is whether or not acadia laid out a plausible and valid argument regarding entitlement. i think she did and everyone would do well to re-evaluate just what they really have earned and therefore deserve.

Thanks for giving me another reason to like you Acadia


http://www.hungangels.com/vboard/sho...ghlight=acadia

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Originally Posted by yogi2002

You are a great person, and hopefully others will follow suit (doubt it though). Many kudos to you Acadia, and you too Michelle Austin.

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Thank u kind sir!!!