Why be nice when you can can get the same by being cruel

**gaelic cowboy** · 12-10-2010, 18:31

Originally Posted by Fragony

I said in my OP that it was strictly theoratical, aka not my views

My apologies

**Fragony** · 12-10-2010, 18:43

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

My apologies

that's ok np. But isn't cruelty a stronger force than kindness, it's easier to get forgiveness than permission

edit my bad, it suggests words took the wrong one

**Riedquat** · 12-10-2010, 21:39

I wouldn't call cruelty stronger, just a different way to obtain certain results, in the short term at least... But all depends of the environment we are applying it, I'm thinking about the office too and have enough examples of cruelty at management already, here in small companies is very common to advance positions just crapping in your co-workers heads.

I think or want to believe, at some point in these peoples lives, their will need to pay for it, one way or another, call it karma, divine justice or just Riedquat's revenge.

You have said it, its easier to get forgiveness...but how many cruel people have you seen looking for it? Umm...

**Strike For The South** · 12-10-2010, 21:46

un hombre de honor nunca debe olvida lo que es porque se lee que otros hombres están

or something like that :)

**Shibumi** · 12-11-2010, 02:51

To make it short - What goes around, comes around (and often harder).

I could elaborate, but I prefer to think that the people around me are not as stupid as I think.

**Beskar** · 12-11-2010, 03:14

Fragony, you are going to be visited by three ghosts this Christmas, at the current rate.

**Don Corleone** · 12-11-2010, 03:23

The older I get, the more I realize "HELL" is having to live with yourself. We acquire friends and family to buffer ourselves from that simple basic fact that "We don't like ourselves very much"... with good reason.

Being nice, at least as we believe we're being nice, at least makes the memories tolerable. Sure, it's easy to be a ***^#** person and get what you want... but what is a clean conscience worth?

I'm 40, and I wake up aghast and agog at crap I did in middle school. And I wasn't a bully! Consciences suck! As well they should!

By the way, perhaps I should have put this one into D.A.'s "Drunkard's" thread, as I'm coming home from my office Christmas party... and having a rather nasty crisis of conscience. Hopefully alcohol induced....