~Sam~
03-07-2005, 05:39 PM
All things change, as they must. This includes myself. When I first came to this site I was appalled at how the values that the original hippies fought so hard for had been turned around and made into a cult of fashion followers.
In the process I found some folks who were still capable of having fun and we did have fun here... for a time. That changed also.
When I left as Sam and came back as Xe, I did so for the handful of those whom I thought were honest. They were not. In fact, those who spout the concept of truth turned out to be bigger liars than I ever was. They still are, despite the call to be "true to one's self".
Hippiehillbilly was way ahead of me in recognizing this, and to him I owe my only appology.
This site now represents a source of anger to me that can be changed very simply... leave and let it go.
So, I say good-bye to the few friends and many enemies I have made during my participating 2 1/2 years here. Being quite sure that my departure brings relief to those still wrapped up in self delusion, I leave you with these words...
"The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. It is not only the most important rule, but the simplest.
Nonetheless, it is the one most often ignored and violated, and by far the most despised. It must be wielded in spite of the ceaseless, howling protests of the wicked.
Misery, iniquity, and utter destruction lurk in the shadows outside its full light, where half-truths snare the faithful disciples, the deeply feeling believers, the selfless followers.
Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched.
Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light.
Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death."
~ Terry Goodkind
from; The Sword of Truth novels
Toodles...
Sam
In the process I found some folks who were still capable of having fun and we did have fun here... for a time. That changed also.
When I left as Sam and came back as Xe, I did so for the handful of those whom I thought were honest. They were not. In fact, those who spout the concept of truth turned out to be bigger liars than I ever was. They still are, despite the call to be "true to one's self".
Hippiehillbilly was way ahead of me in recognizing this, and to him I owe my only appology.
This site now represents a source of anger to me that can be changed very simply... leave and let it go.
So, I say good-bye to the few friends and many enemies I have made during my participating 2 1/2 years here. Being quite sure that my departure brings relief to those still wrapped up in self delusion, I leave you with these words...
"The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. It is not only the most important rule, but the simplest.
Nonetheless, it is the one most often ignored and violated, and by far the most despised. It must be wielded in spite of the ceaseless, howling protests of the wicked.
Misery, iniquity, and utter destruction lurk in the shadows outside its full light, where half-truths snare the faithful disciples, the deeply feeling believers, the selfless followers.
Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched.
Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light.
Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death."
~ Terry Goodkind
from; The Sword of Truth novels
Toodles...
Sam