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Just wanted to give a brief explanation for my last story, "Unintended Consequences". After I had read "A new game plan", I left my comment, expressing my opinion, and figured that would be the end of that. Unfortunately, my muse had other ideas. I went out with my daughter, and while watching her play in our neighborhood park the basic idea of this story dropped in. By the time I got back in, I was on fire, and the story took less than twenty minuses to write. To me, the big thing was how much overkill the whole "outing" thing was, and reading how the boys were saying their dad "would kill them" made me think - well, what if that happened? Perhaps even the victim might regret that form of revenge. I also contrasted the attitude towards the boys with another story - Randalynn's "Testimony", where she took a different typical stereotype villain, - the male chauvinist pig, and turned him into a human being who could become something far better. All it was going to take was a "team Paul", and there was hope for a complete recovery. I found myself wishing that there was something like it for these boys - yes, they were guilty of assault, and deserved to be punished, but I felt some kind of hope for a future redemption should be offered, and it was denied. Well, there you have it. I guess I'm on my own with this one, most people here probably thought Randalynn was too soft on the boys. Ah, well.
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Don't worry, hon ...
... you'll see where I'm headed soon. *smile* And I think you'll like it.
Randalynn
you're not alone!
I myself don't like the tought of any kind of punishment, yes okay that only works in a perfect world, but still even if you punish someone it should be constructive not destructive. I've heard of someone who could decide the punishment of his attacker and then the attacker could choose between that and jail. The punishment was that he should do volunteer work with psychically handicapped people, to make him realise what his action could cause. That kind of punishment I can agree on.
maybe I'm too nice, too much of an idealist, but I don't believe in an eye for an eye. That would only lead to a blind world...
everyone deserves a second chance in life, even a third or more in my opinion, I refuse to believe in the theory of 'once a thief always a thief'. I do know that my ideas are a little naïve, but I refuse to give up on people. I have a friend who has repeatedly said things to me that really hurt, but she's still my friend. I know most of my friends tell me I'm too good for this world, that I should just stop being her friend, she just uses me to make herself feel better. But that's not me, and nowadays she's not as bad anymore. Sure she still a spoiled brat, but she tries to be nicer and that's all I ask. as long as she wants to be my friend, I'll be her friend.
I'm getting a little off topic (I just have a very strong opinion on this), but anyways not everyone here wants to see the bad guy suffer.
grtz & hugs,
Sarah xxx
Randalynn too soft on the boys? Are you kidding? Giggle, giggle.
Remember, so it is written "The meek shall inherit the earth." So shall it be! Giggle, giggle...
Reality has taught us that the truth is just the opposite. Without divine intervention the meek inherit very little and often suffer a lot during their lives. Even the meek are not powerless and when they get their dander up? The meek are not very meek anymore!
The reality of life is that if you turn the other cheek after being struck, you'll probably get struck again and again.
The truth is that many that start out as meek end up being strong or they wither and die. That is how we survive in this world of ours. We learn, we cope, we improvise and we survive to live as happy and joyful life as we can manage.
In Randa's story those boys and their coach did horrible things to people that did not deserve being hurt. Justice for those hurt is demanded here, revenge is what will probably happen unless some unrealistic ending is planned. Divine intervention? Or how about the majority see the error of their ways and do a 180 degree turnabout? Not likely, maybe one or two of the boys, but not that group as a whole.
Randa spelled out their choices and they are all lose, lose propositions. Well as far as the boys and their coach are concerned.
Randa has certainly got my attention with this story! I can hardly wait to read the next chapter! Randa is a very smart woman and I am sure she is going to surprise the living crap out of me! Giggle, giggle...
Huggles Dorothy Colleen
Angel
"Be Your-Self, So Easy to Say, So Hard to Live!"
"Be Your-Self, So Easy to Say, So Hard to Live!"
About "Unintended Consequences"
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