Posted by Angielala on January 9, 2004, at 14:59:12
In reply to Anti Hero, posted by kara lynne on January 9, 2004, at 1:29:30
I suppose it depends on who thinks what is a cause and what is being self-indulgent.
Hitler was self-indulgent and had a cause.
So it must be bad...
But then again I wouldn't be living in the USA right now, because a bunch of angry, bitter, self-indulgent Puritans wouldn't have had the right/guts to leave the church. The church was the ONLY way back then, and people thought it was absolutely disgusting that these people were angry at their church.
See what I mean? It gets so complicated...
> Heroes, savior complexes, fallen heroes and hero worshippers. All of these positions disturb me.
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> Egos and high drama. In high school the really popular girls always had a bevvy of petulant protectors that no one dared challenge. If you went against one, you went against all, forever branded. The sum of the all much greater than the sum of its parts--feeding off all that energy.
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> The as*inine are being a**kissed. Indulgent behavior is admired--each person applauding the next for his, because it's for 'the cause' (their cause)-- while the angry crowd jeers at the offender. Who is more offensive?
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