Posted by Yep. on July 14, 2000 at 22:07:59:
In Reply to: well said ole chap!! (text) posted by Shokai on July 14, 2000 at 21:37:51:
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> Before anyone yells fake post, I'm making a point by not posting with the (IMM) flag behind my name. To some degree, hopefully to illustrate (in an abstract way) what Taerin was talking about. We (as humans) tend to put people we veiw as authoritative either on a pedestal, or veiw them with contempt...generally a little of both. I for one have never claimed moral high ground on CF. Nor would I count myself among the elite of CF. I'm a good roleplayer, I'll give myself that...but I digress badly. Looking towards the immstaff of CF as anything other than what we are, or for that matter looking at anyone for anything more than they are is a road to disaster. I'm not saying that it's easy not to do...how many of you have started dating some girl/guy and seen her/him as the epitome of everything you've ever wanted...then 2 months after the break up, can't remember what you ever saw in her/him? To a much lesser degree, and without the sex, that's the equivilant of raising anyone on the immstaff up to some unattainable level of near paladin-like holiness within the confines of CF. We're just people....with lives outside of CF, just like most of you. Sorry to pop those bubbles out there...but we're human, Santa isn't real, the easter bunny was last week's stew...and Snow White got a divorce, and your parents have had sex. Life is full of disapointments, accept them not as horrible things...but as reality. It's okay to dream...just don't let the dream blur reality too much. Since this is turning preachy and social worker-esque...I think I'm going to end this here.
> Taerin, somewhere I deviated from what you were saying, but it short (he says some god-awful time later) I think you were dead on.