In a message dated 7/6/2005 9:57:05 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
scrapperbd_at_yahoo.com writes:
Yes, it is strange how the more controlled people are in
one circumstance, the more wild they feel the need to be in
other situations. Classic case of the private school kids
often get into 'more strange' stuff that ends up in the
news than public school kids. I've friends who went to
private schools and many of the people they studied with
(who I have met through mutual contacts) often strike me as
downright strange. And using myself as a reference, that's
really saying something! Probably showing that environment
most certainly does have an effect on people.
Similar to how if you are always taught to be nice and
reserved that you feel more of an attraction towards the
'wrong' sort of people. Though I haven't found anyone
attracted to me for that reason yet... :-P
Scrapper, Black Dragon, we all have a flip side - but how
often do we visit it?
A great example of that is the small town troublemakers always seem to be
the sheriffs kids and the preachers kids.
I think Edgar Poe described it as 'The Imp of the Perverse' or the desire to
do wrong simply for it's own satisfation.
"I am not more certain that I breathe, than that the assurance of the wrong
or error of any action is often the one unconquerable force which impels us,
and alone impels us to its prosecution. Nor will this overwhelming tendency
to do wrong for the wrong's sake, admit of analysis, or resolution into
ulterior elements."
Perhaps this pulls more strongly on those for whom it is more strongly
opposed.
And yes, we all have a dark side.
"Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But there
is, unseen by most, an underworld; a place that is just as real, but not as
brightly lit."
D.O.P.R
Received on Wed Jul 06 2005 - 22:36:36 CDT