Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo
You ever sit back and wonder about people, you know, question thier nature, question thier honesty?
I think perhaps often times we question if those close to us, are always honest with us.
All commaradery between humans is based on two factors:
1.) Fear
2.) Trust
People either follow us in life because we instill in them the ability to trust us, or we motivate them through fear. I believe in the trust aspect, I am a man of my word and my word is my bond, in these days the only thing that has value anymore is the word and peoples belief in our sincerity, we can only expect one another, if we trust each other to do the right thing, or be honest about their intentions.
On to the focus of this rant, I have recently taken time to reflect on the actions of false people, these people we all know who put on this facade or illusion of who or what they are, to gain a level of trust with people, often to later manipulate them to thier own needs and desires. A textbook example, Eddie Haskel from "Leave It To Beaver" when Mrs. Cleaver is present, he is the sweet charming friend of Beaver's older brother, but when she isn't around, he becomes this coniving little shit who can be downright devious.
I feel that those who would pretend to be our friends or lie to us, to gain favors, status or even compensation of any kind, are no better than the crap we flush down the john. I point to no one I know, because at times we can all be like this, be it lying to a friend on the phone and saying we have other plans when we don't, or speaking about our supposed friends behind thier back, we must all be aware of our actions, as the greatest evil our world will ever face, is the carelessness and indiffrence of man.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), Dialogues, Phaedo
You ever sit back and wonder about people, you know, question thier nature, question thier honesty?
I think perhaps often times we question if those close to us, are always honest with us.
All commaradery between humans is based on two factors:
1.) Fear
2.) Trust
People either follow us in life because we instill in them the ability to trust us, or we motivate them through fear. I believe in the trust aspect, I am a man of my word and my word is my bond, in these days the only thing that has value anymore is the word and peoples belief in our sincerity, we can only expect one another, if we trust each other to do the right thing, or be honest about their intentions.
On to the focus of this rant, I have recently taken time to reflect on the actions of false people, these people we all know who put on this facade or illusion of who or what they are, to gain a level of trust with people, often to later manipulate them to thier own needs and desires. A textbook example, Eddie Haskel from "Leave It To Beaver" when Mrs. Cleaver is present, he is the sweet charming friend of Beaver's older brother, but when she isn't around, he becomes this coniving little shit who can be downright devious.
I feel that those who would pretend to be our friends or lie to us, to gain favors, status or even compensation of any kind, are no better than the crap we flush down the john. I point to no one I know, because at times we can all be like this, be it lying to a friend on the phone and saying we have other plans when we don't, or speaking about our supposed friends behind thier back, we must all be aware of our actions, as the greatest evil our world will ever face, is the carelessness and indiffrence of man.
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