Because the fundamental nature of Man ~ this being something we all instinctively sense, even those of us who constantly flout it and pay the relentlessly bitter consequences ~ is that if you live an unjust Life, you live every single Moment under a cloud of self-loathing and, hence, Misery...a Fate which no number and no degree of transitory Pleasures can assuage: Pleasure can never replace Happiness, nor indeed even catch a glimpse of its fundamental Contentment and Joy.
In English: The Dreith's very Actions betray the fact that he has long since ~ decades, since ~ known his last Moment of Contentment, Happiness, or Joy, if indeed he ever enjoyed one, however he may protest.
That...is a fundamental Truth of Human Nature: all Vermin know themselves for Vermin, no matter how long and loud they run their mouths...and all Vermin detest themselves.
That...is inescapable.
I would rather die a thousand Deaths than live with the knowledge that I've deliberately done Evil to good and just men with my own hand.
I don't know how that scumbag lives with'mself.
But I can promise you this: he is miserable.
Every...waking...hour.
Grid, as Lugosi says in White Zombie - "You paint a charming picture, Monsieur. One I would like to see myself."
But in reality, Off The Grid, you couldn't be further "Off The Mark". Your beliefs on the fundamental nature of man and your claims as to what the fundamental truth of human nature is come across as naive. And that's an understatement.
I know you march to the beat of your own drum and all, and more power to you for that. In many ways, you're a presence around here which I welcome whenever I see you. But reading your take on people in general up there raises a red flag to me.
I dunno, maybe it's one of your literary trademarks. Are you trying to put across some sort of rose-colored-glasses sarcasm and see if we bite? If that's the case, well done and stuff.
If not, well then, you've got a fundamental defect in your thinking which I'd be concerned about.
Grid, for people who think the way you do about people's natures, it's just a matter of time before someone takes full advantage of that and really screws you over.
.... and contrary to what you may think, they WILL sleep well afterwards.
I dunno, maybe you live in some sort of "closed society" up in Vermont or something. I always envision you as being holed up in a hippie commune in 1969 or thereabouts.
Grid, I mean, it's the only way anyone over 25 would see human nature the same way you do.
Grid, ya gotta be pulling my leg up there. If you're not, there's a whole profession that'd be happy to teach you otherwise. It's called psychology. Know what you got in there? Deep psychoanalysis on sociopaths and psychopaths. Talk to a prison psychologist some time and hear what they have to say about your stance on the nature of man.
Hey Grid, did you know that one out of every 200 people is a sociopath?
Or better yet, I'll extend an open invitation to you to come on down to my neighborhood in BROOKLYN. I'll take you by the hand as we transverse down the ugliest alleyways of the human psyche of some of my scummy neighbors.
... and rest assured when I tell you that every last one of these thieves, rapists, & murderers sleep very well at night and have no problem looking themselves in the mirror when they wake up.
Alas Grid, you do paint a charming picture. I'm just not sure you're being serious and just not typing some loopy Off The Grid "let's throw this against the wall and see if it sticks" or "let's raise this up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes" dealio.
Grid, no whayyy you're that naive.
If you are, it's just a matter of time before some sociopath sees you as a juicy victim ripe for the picking. In all sincerity, it's concerning to me.
