aslan
Well-Known Member
IF all you have to be proud of is catching another fellow human being in an embarrassing situation, then you need to examine yourself. Your self-righteous behavior is pathetic. I only hope that some embarrassment that you have committed or will commit in your lifetime [ and everyone does], does not get shouted all over the Internet to your utter mortification. In fact, your present behavior may be just that. What ## did, rises to the level of a prank, not even wrongdoing in the moral sense IMO. What you have done in response shows hatred for anyone who does not play by your rules, and betrays the fact that the big thing here is that your pride was caught and squeezed in the process. You were duped and you can't take it.creeping panther said:
Own up, Creeping Panther, or continue slinking around the Forum looking for some new victim upon whom to pounce. Turn your stealthiness toward good pursuits like beating the casinos and away from trivial and demeaning pursuits like pummeling your fellow board member.
Everyone wants to feel they are better than some one else. Some whites hate blacks, some Muslims hate Jews, some Indians hate whites, some educated people hate illiterate people, some conservative people hate liberal people, some thin people hate fat people, some religious people hate atheists, some workers hate capitalists, and vice versa to all the above. But it's all rooted in a desire to feel oneself better than others, and the fact is, no one is better than another. If you do anything in your lifetime, memorize this and teach it to your kids: There, but for the grace of God, go I.
All of the above applies equally to myself. Looking back at my life, I consider myself a poor example of a human being. In the most secret thoughts and actions of our lives most of us have probably failed miserably. Falling short of the mark is the human condition and it is common to all of us. Just as soon as we begin to think we are better than someone else, we are preparing ourselves for a revelation of how far we ourselves miss the mark.
If I could dedicate the rest of my life to helping my fellow man, it would not make up for wrongs I have done. That's not the point. The point is, to change direction and make the rest of one's life something of honor, decency and integrity. We are not God's avenging angels sent to destroy the wicked. We're just ordinary human beings who hopefully will learn the lesson that a primary charge in this life is to love our neighbor, even the ones who in our minds make fools of us.
