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Too True to Be Good MAG

August 8, 2012
By ottersarah SILVER, Maryville, Tennessee
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ottersarah SILVER, Maryville, Tennessee
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Everywhere, man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is only the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and his weaknesses

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I hate it when you
Seem like the perfect human being.
And in comparison,
my own ambitions and
Ideologies
Are painfully lacking in altruism.

We work on different scales, you see.
Me: survive another week
And You: reduce all human suffering

You will save the world
While I will be too busy saving myself.
And yet, you love me?

I am the deceitful liar,
The merciless manipulator,
The self-centered
Mess of perfect evolution.

© Alyssa R., Pacific Grove, CA

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HPRGSuperFan GOLD said...
on Jan. 1 2013 at 5:19 pm
HPRGSuperFan GOLD, Indian Creek, Illinois
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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. <br /> --Ludwig Wittgenstein

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This is SOOOO awesome! Great description and contrast and amazing-ness and...wow!
quantum.strings53 SILVER said...
on Dec. 24 2012 at 4:34 pm
quantum.strings53 SILVER, Maryville, Tennessee
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&ldquo;We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.&rdquo;

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This is definitely something insightful.