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[godasmywitness]

"And what I see is the same frailty. What I see again and again is the same sad human frailty. We hate one another, we are the victims of irrational fears, and there is nothing in the stream of human history to suggest we are going to change this. I merely wish to point out that in the face of such a world, you have only yourselves to rely on,

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[lightningcurl]

There but for the grace of God go I.

[honorguideme]

If human frality, cruelty and such are human traits then wouldn't someone who attempts to reject all that clearly not be "truly human"? Instead something more or greater perhaps?

[thenextbesthing]

For the love of all that is holy and decent in this world, get off your high horse before I knock you off with a lance. you are not more than human joe grollman. Not that I expect you to take my word for it, you never have.

ELIZABETH! darling I am so so so so soooooooooooooooooooo sorry that you got called in to work today. I feel like such an ass. Deb and Sue were so angry, and I know you didn't want to come in. =( I'll try to make it up to you somehow.

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[honorguideme]

wasn't meaning to suggest i was, just wondering if one who goes against the norm is the epitome of what is human or something different entirely...

[lightningcurl]

It is generally impossible to avoid being human. Humanity has existed and acted in so many different ways throughout history that pretty much anything you do at this point is by definition human as well as entirely unoriginal. This includes "going against the norm."

This simple realization sometimes causes depression a la Existentialism and discourages spurious, idealistic glorification and self-rightousness.