Bizarre Bug - Advice Needed

[Crudesash681]

A very interesting topic. I suppose one's viewpoint is both subjective and malleable; Solo sees the world differently from me, but we may both be right-from our own viewpoints. I tend to be optimistic about humanity, but I hold no faith in large organizations..eh, I am repeating myself there.

I do believe that each person is responsible for their own actions, and that in a situation, there is a greater emphasis on how you feel about something than what is actually happening.

This emphasis prejudices our ability to look at a situation rationally, and of such cases tragedies can be born; not the sensationalistic types that are beamed over the airwaves, but the silent loss we suffer when we chosse to let these events have power over us.

Let's draw an analogy. I am leaving work one day, and I get attacked by a young person, let's say 17 years old. He is decked out in punk/goth attire, piercings, funky hair, the whole works. Sneaks up behind me and severely injures me. As a result, it is natural to become distrustful, angry, resentful of young people in general, and punkers specifically.

However, allowing these feelings to alter my view of humanity does a disservice to all young people; I do not believe that a person of this sort is indicative of every young person, and I know from experience that it is also not indicative of punk rockers.

Maybe, by sheer luck, I just have never had enough "bad" times to make me feel bitter about the world...I would rather like to think that I am able to place "bad" events in enough context to allow me to remain hopeful that they will always be aberratyions, and not standards. If this makes me naive, by all means, call me naive. But I like being this way.

Steve

 

[Crudesash681]

[Edit]: Just one more thing i'd like to say. You make it sound as if whatever bad things happen to someone it ends up being their fault in one way or another. Simply put, i disagree in each and every way.

But this is often true, Solo. Maybe not in fantastic situations, like walking under a collapsing building, or being the victim of a drive-by (I won't recite the metaphysical rhetoric here), but in our daily lives, we absolutely decide our future, all the time. Go this way or that, say this or that, and you make your future as you go. By allowing the "event" to take the blame makes you the victim, and too often, all too often, people find it very easy to say "I was robbed/abused/hurt/etc", when in reality, what happened was they gave power over to an individual or a situation to do that to them. There were some earlier posts about how messed up the government was. Pretty factual statement, but whose fault is it? America is made up of elected officials...we give them the power to screw up our lives. The government may have burned down the barn, but we gave them the kerosene and a Zippo.

There is an old African proverb-"goodness is often repaid with badness", and a newer one, "no good deed goes unpunished", which are clear examples of when you are right; sometimes, it is not your fault. The trick is being able to understand the difference.

Steve

 

[Solo]

Well yes, i mean the situations where its obviously not your own fault.

Think the collapsing building for starters, abusive parents, etc. Little you can do about it at that point.

I realise that there are plenty of situations where you can do or react in a manner where your decision won't turn around and kick you in the sack. But thats not what i meant.

I won't check back into this thread, the current topic is hitting just a little too close to home. Too close for comfort.
I don't want to end up in a foul mood, going off in a senseless rant.

Mil,Sash- have one on me at the EMB :thumbsup: :drink:

 

[Milamber]

Whichever way you might have taken it, i didnt mean it as a way to get attention. Just telling you, i'm not some 12 year old kid with a perfect live telling others how it is.

I get no satisfaction from telling other people just how good or bad my life has been, none whatsoever.
I do "like" to talk about my life, however. It enables me to cope with alot of things, sadly alot of people take it as boasting.

In most conditions i will agree with you. There is generally always a choice to be made. The ugly fact however is that you might not like either of them. Not that life is about liking ever step you make, but thats a different story.

[Edit]: Just one more thing i'd like to say. You make it sound as if whatever bad things happen to someone it ends up being their fault in one way or another. Simply put, i disagree in each and every way.

No not meaning to sound like everything is one person's fault, there are a LOT of things which happen which cannot be blamed on an individual - sorry if I gave that impression!

And I didn't mean to sound like I was saying you where boasting - anyway lets move on now, it's been a good discussion and it hasn't gotten personal

*shakes hands*

 

[Solo]

Indeed it has been. Now perhaps this thread has a chance of turning back into what it started out as. :lol:

*kicks everone's shins and flees the scene*

 

[XavierMuskie]

I've seen this mentioned a couple times, and as a veteran and staunch American supporter, I wonder how anyone can say that our government isn't the best! Please, tell me another government you would rather be a part of (That rules out about 200 countries right there) and if you can think of one, I'm sure we could all pull together to help you get there. Really, I don't know if it's youthful rebellion or wanton greed, but it seems every time someone's experiences hardship or has a disagreement with an administration, they say that the government as a whole sucks! I'd be willing to bet that half of the nay-sayers have never even taken advantage of their privelege to participate. Seriously, I understand that our government has its shortcomings, but to say that it sucks would imply that you have a system which would suit us better, and believe me, I would love a good laugh. Stop using the government as a cop-out for why your life is not like you wish it was.

 

[wildjinn]

I've seen this mentioned a couple times, and as a veteran and staunch American supporter, I wonder how anyone can say that our government isn't the best! Please, tell me another government you would rather be a part of (That rules out about 200 countries right there) and if you can think of one, I'm sure we could all pull together to help you get there. Really, I don't know if it's youthful rebellion or wanton greed, but it seems every time someone's experiences hardship or has a disagreement with an administration, they say that the government as a whole sucks! I'd be willing to bet that half of the nay-sayers have never even taken advantage of their privelege to participate. Seriously, I understand that our government has its shortcomings, but to say that it sucks would imply that you have a system which would suit us better, and believe me, I would love a good laugh. Stop using the government as a cop-out for why your life is not like you wish it was.

I'm going to have to agree here. While I may be sickened by the current global political situation for the most part, I am still very glad to be part of a representative democracy that, on average, treats its members pretty well. And no matter what you think is your "right" with the million dollars, the truth of the matter is that any ethicist would say that it is absolutely wrong to keep it.

 

[Vemp1]

Uhm, after rushing ten chars or so to hell I realized only yesterday that now Izual gives you TWO skills per quest

Is this a change in 1.10 or a feature of the Expansion Set form its first version?

Back in the old days of 1.07 classic he gave only one per diff level, so I kept wondering where all those skills were coming from

 

[Shagsbeard]

In regards to the "name one better" arguement in support of the US government... there's a term for that, but my days in philosophy 101 were about 20 years back.

The really nice thing about the US government is that we can change it if we don't like it. The really bad thing about the US government is that we can change it if it makes us rich.