Posted by Usurper on April 02, 2003 at 09:39:17:
In Reply to: Ever Try Listening To Yourselves? posted by Wake Up Call on April 01, 2003 at 17:05:51:
>>If I were one of you guys who post here day after day, there would come a time when I would ask myself 'what am I gaining from all of this?'
Maybe 'I' am not trying to gain anything for 'myself'. Maybe i spend my time here posting so that you or someone else may gain something from the experiences that I share. I know that's why I and others post. We have nothing to gain, but we do have the opportunity to keep others from following in the same dark path that we walked.
>>Didn't you learn thru your training that anger, rage, and ill will only hurt yourself? I figured that one out long ago. Think it over and maybe you'll start to see all the damage you do to yourself with your negativity.
This is a common mistake that you pro-moos make. You assume that we who post against you are enraged, angered, bitter, etc. This is not the case. We are compassionate, caring, gentle, and wanting. Wanting of a better future for our brothers who went through the same training that you have done, or are doing.
>>So this is what your teachers have taught you? To go on internet sites and bad mouth others? You disrespect them and your art with each slanderous word you say.
No, my teachers have taught me to stand up for what is right, and to put down what is wrong. My teachers have taught me that part of being a human being is caring for others and stopping evil where it exists. Since this medium is good for getting the word out, it makes sense to use it.
>>You have only one life. How are you spending your time?
I am spending my time doing what I understand to be right. You?
>>What example are you setting for your children?
I am teaching them that if they lay down to evil, evil will envelop them. But if they stand up, they have a chance to change the course of history, for the better, for themselves and others.
>>Personally, I would rather be at peace with myself and not have to constantly put others down, even when I don't agree with them.
Personally, I am don't consider myself to be the only human being on the planet, and I recognize that some people need help, yourself included.
>>Instead you seem to be satisfied with posing as a martial artist who must put others down to show you're strong (while hiding behind a computer).
Way to show your enlightened personality while throwing mud in your last sentence. It must suck to know that you essentially negate your entire argument and show that you are no better than those that you mock with your last sentence.
Good day.
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