[Ran-Taro]

Originally posted by Atrocities:

I have spent my life for others, I have sacraficed eveything to be good to others, and the deed is often its own reward, but over the Last few years I have come to the simple realization that people are people are people.

No good deed goes unpunished, nice guys do finish Last, evil is reward while kindness if punished. There are two types of poeple, criminals, and good criminals.

Good criminals are the people who run the systems that we all live by, banking, religion, government, etc. They are the ones who get wealthy off of the backs of those who do the work. Criminals, normal folks come in two sub types. Bad Criminals, and honest criminals. Bad criminals are those criminals who do horrible things like murder, rape, etc, while honest criminals are people who follow the rules, but occationally make minor mistakes such as jay walking, speeding, not waring your seat belt, etc.

The Good criminals are the people who get rich off of the backs of the rest of us. They are the guys who bankrupt a company making millions while the life savings of the companies employes is wiped out.

A good friend of mine at work brought in a philosopy book once. I read it. My life was for ever change after that. The very things that many of us complain about today, taxes, death, religion, money are very much the same thing that people have complained about since the dawn of recorded history.

Nothing changes except the stupid laws we use to govern ourselves. The laws that are written by the rich for the rich to benifit the rich. The rich do not go into the military as PFC's, no they go in as officers and often their arrogance get the PFC's killed.

The poor are nothing but a renewable resource for the wealthy to use to get wealthier. If you do not earn interest, your are paying interest. If all that my life is for is to make some other bastards life better then I choose not to play the game.

I am not a slave, I am owned by the company that I slave away at. My life is mine, why should I trade it away for just enough money to get a taste of living but not enough to live.

Depressing isn't it? Well when you boil it all down to the simple truth, as Puke said, we are all nothing but a collection of atoms. We all die rich or poor. And while I am here, living, I choose not to live to make the rich richer.[/QB]

Seems like a very liberal (infact, socialist!) point of view for a staunch republican! (judging from comments in the 'iraq war' thread).

Cheer up! Most of the world have a hard time finding something to eat, and are a whole world away from worrying about 'gentrification'.

While you have enough to eat, family and friends, and the prospect of good times in your life, what is the point of wasting your vast potential on despair?

Look at Aaron Hall. I wouldn't call him a criminal (even by your definitions). Yet I bet he earns more than 40K! And he does it by bringing joy to all of us, so that we are happy to support him for it.

From the little I know of you, I have seen a lot of talent (as anyone who has seen your shipsets will attest). Find a use for that talent that people will be happy to pay you for, work hard and voila! All of a sudden you are the one earning good money for doing something you love, hurting no one, and sharing the bounty with those you love.

But most of all, please enjoy the good things you've got right now, because those too will come to an end. That is the meaning of life: Because it comes to an end, every moment not living it to your best potential, is a moment wasted.

Don't waste it! You have too much to offer!