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I just posted the long version of this to buddhists.

I was trying to talk a friend through an unfortunate incident at the CD release party Friday night. Of course I'm the bad guy ... like Socrates at his parties: the a**holes pick an argument and he wouldn't be "nice" and back down. (I was going to write STFU but that might be too frank for this forum. heh) So, of course I was the bad guy. Cuz the cracker got in my face. And the cracker was a popular guy. Ipso facto, right?

So anyhow, for the 83,998th time I tried to talk about stuff like ... well, like indulging cruel bullies, like being an enabler, like sucking up to people, like being dishonest for personal gain ... that sorta stuff.
And, for the 103,999th time I didn't really do a convincing job of it. *shrug* (There is data ... and there is information ... but meaning? Meaning is a social construct. So, really, what's the chance of establishing truth?!)

But this morning I came across 2 things that moved me to come back here and write something.

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Like the only time I encountered "sin" in Taoism: interfering with the development of another.
I ain't gonna let the affection of yuppies' kidz coerce me into saying that something false is true.
Now it ain't likely that I'll do things well.
But I won't intentionally do the wrong thing.
That would be wrong.
Been there / done that / replay the movie frequently. *G*

Afterthought: Anybody remember "Disiderata"? Anyhow, if memory serves, one line is something like "As much as possible be on good terms with everyone." If someone asks a person to, well, to eat shit ... well, I say we each of us gotta play it by ear from there on.

Yaa, that.

BTW: watched The Libertine late last night. Wow, what a movie. Don't hurt that it stars Johnny Depp!
Something I cobbled together after watching it: "The English Libertine and the French Degenerate"