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One thing that i find depressing is that the general population only highly regard people who have overcome some sort of disability of fear, for example, a guy learning to walk when doctors tell him he has no chance
It's called courage. It's a widely respected ability because it's something that everyone finds difficult to do, and is one of the few human abilities that almost never has a negative effect on others. It's not a disability of fear, but an ability to overcome your fears and become a better person because of that.
If you don't have that, you are a coward, and liability to yourself and others.
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For the kid, there are people willing to help, but they are few and far. If met him, and he asked for my help, i would most definitely give the most i can, no doubt about it.
I don't know what I would do to tell the truth. I would probably slap him in the face and tell him to grow up.
When I first heard that he was suing the people who distributed his movie, I was going to go hunt down his email address and flame the hell out of him. But someone pointed out to me that it was his parents doing that and not him. That made me keep my mouth shut about him for a while. The way I see it, the kid had it coming.
Millions of people have seen the video and laughed about it. I know when I first saw it, I was laughing myself to tears, and since I was in a public place, I was annoying the hell out of everyone else in the room until they saw what I was watching... then they joined in. We were laughing because it was something that we all did, but not quite that badly. It was hilarious because the kid was SO uncoordinated when we are used to seeing that kind of stuff done by martial arts masters.
The way I see it, he doesn't need my money, my support, or my shoulder to cry on.
If I was walking down the street, and the crow that continually makes angry noises at me and flies close by my head every time I walk by, (I'm serious... this happens) decided to peck me and I did the smart thing and ran away, and someone got that on video and distributed it, I assure you that I would be downloading it a week later and laughing my ass off.
Would that entitle me to sue the person doing that and enable me to receive donations from a bunch of saps on the internet?
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I wouldn't snicker, laugh or say anything about him behind his back. I'd give my full support.
I'd laugh right to his face.
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It's a hopeless situation, and only the TOUGHEST of people would be able to overcome it.
I don't know what to say about this. Ummm... you are full of crap? I have met MANY people mocked by the whole school, and they invariably show up each day.
I have met people with abusive parents and no friends who don't kill themselves or check into an insane asylum.
I was one of the people who you speak of, and I am not a particularly strong person. I am just dutiful.
You and Mouse Clicker are probably from middle class families, and have never experienced anything like this. I don't really think that makes you good people to judge this situation. To you guys, this is like watching one of those sob stories on the news where they show a bunch of perfectly healthy kids playing in the dirt and wearing rags and want you to send money. When you send money, you get that warm feeling in your hearts that you made some little kid's life happier without much thought about other things.
Am I cold heartless bastard like Mouse Clicker is implying? I might be. I really don't know. I do know that I have first and second hand experience with cases like this, and I think that the bastard is being treated too damn well as it is. Ordinarilly, people would just have to live with this, and live each day at a time. But since millions of suckers watched the tape, they feel that they have to feel sorry for the poor little guy and send money. I just feel that he's neither deserving of money (aside from the entertainment value he provided), and he should just grow a freaking backbone and accept life as it comes.
I just think that the money is better spent elsewhere, like putting holes in the sides of whaling ships or something.
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