Regardless of the suffering of those two boys, or even the morality of their actions, we geeks cannot condone their actions for the simple reason that they lost: by choosing violence they let the jocks win and justified every insult they ever suffered.
I know. Personally, I think the only thing that kept me from crossing that same line was my refusal to let the jocks win.
Was it worth it? I guess so: as a teenager I completely expected to grow up to be another Charles Manson, but I made it through and ended up as Fred McMurray instead. Not as glamourous as life on death row, but, hey, the food's better out here.
This morning my son asked me how many friends I had when I was his age (7 years). I constantly worry that he's going to go thru the same shit I did. All I can do is watch over him and support him. --
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Tim,
Regardless of the suffering of those two boys, or even the morality of their actions, we geeks cannot condone their actions for the simple reason that they lost: by choosing violence they let the jocks win and justified every insult they ever suffered.
I know. Personally, I think the only thing that kept me from crossing that same line was my refusal to let the jocks win.
Was it worth it? I guess so: as a teenager I completely expected to grow up to be another Charles Manson, but I made it through and ended up as Fred McMurray instead. Not as glamourous as life on death row, but, hey, the food's better out here.
This morning my son asked me how many friends I had when I was his age (7 years). I constantly worry that he's going to go thru the same shit I did. All I can do is watch over him and support him.
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