Treat others

So this post will differ from my typical post where I use reference and such to prove a point. This is more a rant about my great confusion over particular behaviors and mind sets.

Reactionary and vindictive behaviors, honestly while I understand them I find them becoming more and more previlant every day. I was recently introduced to a term "emo", short for emotional. Now for those who read this who actually know me, you are aware that I absolutely dispise emotion. It is clearly the root of evil and brings about things I have heard over the last few weeks. Let me give an example of someone I have talked with, and a few of their more recent actions. Person gets into a car accident with someone, now it is claimed that they were not responsible, however due to the constantly high emotional level of this person facts are basically unsubstantiated. See to the emotional mind facts are irrelevant. Well the person they were in an accident with apparently didnt have insurance. The first question I have is, are you alright of course. Their response... im going to sue the pants off them. Ok first off lets let logic interject. If they dont have insurence, chances are they dont have money. Your going to take someone who has virtualy nothing, and beat them because your pissy. Beyond that, why in gods name is that your first reaction? To point out that this is not an isolated incident, earlier they had been talking about sueing the electric company for what may or may not have been an error on their part. See when I asked if the high bill that said person was claiming was in error their reply was, and im not making this up, "I dont care, im not paying it". So your reaction to something you dont like, even if you actually are responsible, is the sue untill you get your way? Im reminded of a recent quote from rosie o donnel to the effect that when she was growing up she learned that to be a patriot was to yell and scream louder and louder untill the government did what you wanted. Consider that we have an entire group of people who actually believe that its acceptable to behave like children and scream and stamp your feet when you dont get what you want. I find that behavior detestable but hey, im old school I guess. Then there was today, where I was asking about this persons business that they supposedly run and they talked with great glee about how their original partner pissed them off, so they used their clout to buy him out and make sure no one would work with him again. Adding that "their lawyer" informed them that the old partner would be filing for bankruptcy soon. This person was ecstatic that they ruined someones life out of spite and vindictiveness. First clue, if you use the words "my lawyer" in virtually every conversation, you have serious issues.

Then theres a few others, for instance the person my wife works with who boasts that between him and his family he has 13 outstanding lawsuits. Mind you he just bought a new truck with cash, fully tricked out, and basicaly that kind of equiptment is far above his lifestyle. He has made a career off of stealing from people. Only diffrence is insted of a gun he uses a lawyer.

These people see nothing wrong with what they do. To them its business as usual. What I find terribly odd is that they would respond to the exact same behavior from others with I would imagine near homicidal rage. Where did we as a people get this type of entitlement? At what point did people start thinking so highly of themselves that they endangered others livelihood. Or even more basic, that they felt they were entitled to others things. In the first example, the person was upset that while they only took 5 thousand dollars out of the company in a year, the partner bought a vehicle and a house. There are some objects here which I am not aware of, for instance, while I know the person I talked to had someone with them that took care of other expenses, whos to say the partner did? If you are part of a business and you need to make a house payment it makes sense to me to spend it. Having a thriving business and living on the street dosent make much sense. However when questioned about this, the direct line given was "he was stealing from me"... sorry, werent you partners?

Its that rampant selfishness that I dont understand. If you partner with someone, thats a binding ideal, even if its not on paper. I guess I just dont do well with un moral people. I cant understand why someone would take pleasure in the dis pleasure of others. Well thats not exactly true, but I really dont want to accept that the vast majority of people are self serving peices of shit who would rather devour their fellow man than share a peice of bread with them. Apparently I am quite old fashoned.