ALRIGHT!!!!!
Another fan of Tales from the Dark Side! God that
show
rocked! Of course this is showing our age. ack!
--- spudugly_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> 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
>
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Received on Thu Jul 07 2005 - 13:52:07 CDT