21 Dec
2000
21 Dec
'00
10:47 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Ernest wrote:
Oh, I know. Getting mugged isn't personal either,
it's just a means to an
end.
Ernest, how can this be compared to a mugging? Have you ever been mugged?
I haven't, but I'm sure the experience is much worse.
I'm not an idealist about this stuff. I know that
most people are basically
self centered and self interested. The part that bothers me is that, since
sneakiness and this sort of borderline deceit doesn't come naturally to me,
I was caught with my mouth open when the pie hit my face -so to speak, and I
felt stupid for not knowing better, for not assuming that people will always
find a way to beat the system at everyone elses expense. I was left feeling
foolish and gullable when I should have known better -that's what really
annoys me.
More Prozac, please.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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