31st March 2003, 1:14 AM
I am so sick of teens at night all like "well I can't back down man because I gotta stand up for what I believe in so I'm gonna shoot him for spilling my drink" and the other guy is like "murder is wrong yeah, but I gotta respect him for doing what he believes in", and the last guy is like "well this is how it is ya know?, at least they keep it real, because that's the real of it... REAL!". I HATE the entire philosophy of all three of those punks. Just because someone decides not to go on doesn't make them cowards who won't stand up for what they believe. If anything I see a lot of courage and wisdom in it. People need to learn to pick their battles. Most of the time, defending your view isn't worth it. Is it REALLY being threatened here? Are they ACTUALLY going to slaughter you and enslave your family, or are they just going to say "if you dont' respond it means you think this" (which is a horribly stupid thing that makes no sense, they didn't agree to that so there's no contract involved)? If it's not the first, then guess what? You should probably not even bother dealing with them at all. In fact, they might just get upset and take it offensivly (also total stupidity, punks wearing their hearts on their sleeves like that...) that you don't think they are worth it.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)