rec.arts.movies.past-films

moviePig wrote:
> On Oct 29, 5:31 pm, trotsky wrote:
>> Calvin wrote:
>>> On Oct 29, 4:27 pm, moviePig wrote:
>>>> The prolific and reflective Emerson wrote essays on many topics,
>>>> including manners, politics, love, heroism, and even intellect. But,
>>>> afaik, he never wrote one on being right. Imo that's because it's a
>>>> commodity never in short supply.
>>>> Further (and with no comment on whether any is present here), I'd
>>>> suggest that it's, in fact, a necessary survival skill to "ignore
>>>> injustice" ...perhaps especially on Usenet. And, I'm surprised anew
>>>> every time you or anyone demands that your foe of the moment be
>>>> publicly tried by the . at large. Weren't you an engineer? Can't
>>>> you see where that'd lead?
>>>> Likewise, there are negligibly few circumstances where a refusal to
>>>> shut up will be received favorably by anyone within earshot ...again,
>>>> especially on Usenet. Instead, assemble your wisdom (necessary
>>>> epithets included) into as attractive and persuasive a post as you
>>>> can ... and cast your pearls upon the waters. Then leave... settling
>>>> for the chance there may be pearl-divers among the swine...
>>> All of that is appropriate, even beautiful, advice. But just once
>>> in all of these years, and thousands of posts, I would like to
>>> see you give corrective advice to the one who inflicts injustice,
>>> instead of the one who is afflicted by the injustice. Just once,
>>> and then your wise advice might seem even wiser. Nevertheless,
>>> the education that you offer seems wise, and that offered by
>>> Mr. Schultz seems not.
>> MP, can you kindly explain to Calvin that injustice is in the eye of the
>> beholder? He is still making me sick.
>
> No... but I'll share with you that "fair" was a word I diligently
> expunged from my kids' vocabulary of expectations... and did so with
> no trace of cynicism, btw, as I think that it's one of humanity's more
> poisonous concepts...


Well I don't understand that at all. Who among us would say that Calvin
has been treated unfairly, or that it's unreasonable to expect to be
treated fairly?