Dungbeetle said..
Laurie delete the pointless thread!!!
I dont thinks its completely pointless, at least two posts that everyone should read I think.
hardie said..
Aggression tends not to be a good answer no matter how right you are.
I remember working in Canningvale Prison about 19 years ago, and I was running anger management groups, and was always saddened by the stories of good blokes who'd lost it when they were in the right, and then paid for it with severe jail time.
One guy I spoke to found out one of his good mates had had sex with his girlfriend and he thought he;d teach him a lesson with baseball bat, and it cost him 7 years in Canningvale. Another guy came home to find all his brand new TV and stereo set had been stolen, walked down the street to the local Drug House, and saw his gear inside. Went back with his shotgun and shot the place up, got 3 years in Canningvale for his righteous anger.
Moral of the story, no matter how right you are, aggression is rarely the answer, and you go from being in the right to being the bad guy, and sometimes you do jail time for it, or worse!!
Windxtasy said..
Just let it go everyone.
Russ has had his rant, had some explanations and some satisfaction and generously apologised.
end of story.
If you are going to use this thread to troll and stir up discontent then you are no better than either of the agro people mentioned.
There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
So is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all...
And maybe also this one
RussKraut said..
Thanks everyone for the replies, most of which were very helpful and aimed at a positive solution and being very reasonable. Appreciate this. The few others, labelling me without knowing me or the story, thanks for nothing. I can't blame you though. I learned something and perhaps you can be less judgemental towards the next person who enters your forum being honest and direct. I get the agressive and agitated attitude bit as well. All good. Will just assume it was a one off and chill out. Cheers everyone.
