Before I get down to the work I have to do today, I figured I'd respond to Lio's post...
I think I have a different attitude towards life. There are billions of people on this planet we all call home. Quickly approaching 7 billion. Do you have any idea how many people that is? Every month there are another 6 million people on the planet!
Well, New Haven County is home to about .01% of the world.. actually the figure is closer to .013%.
My point is.. it's a lot of people. It really makes vengeance silly really.. why waste your time on what has become an insignificant human being? You only have one mother and one father (well.. even if you have more, it usually comes down to 2 (or 1)), but I don't believe that exempts them from being disavowed.
I don't know what the event Lio's talking about is.. but there are a number of guesses that come to mind. It doesn't really matter what happened, but Lio, you do admit some of the problem coming down to karma. You like to harp on the whole vengeance thing, yet you're probably long overdue for your own ass-kicking. I don't know if there is a term for a vengeance filled world.. perhaps hell/hades is a good word for it..
So much talk of loyalty too.. some people just aren't loyal, and probably won't ever be. It's not in their best interest to be loyal. I don't view friendship as automatically meaning loyalty. A casual friendship especially. Loyalty is a two way street as well.. it takes both sides. If you feel it has become in your best interest to fuck over a friend, you probably have not been loyal to eachother for quite some time. Hell, if you're even seriously contemplating fucking someone over, your friendship has probably died off a bit already. On the other hand, the persuit of happiness can be seen as a loyal act when it benefits all parties. I think everybody deserves happiness.
I say move on.. personally, I would feel trapped into friendship if I saw my friends as family. I think friends can be more than family, yet I don't think anyone should be obligated to remain friends with someone just because you've apparently grown so close over the years. Time confuses things.. have you grown close or have you really just grown so far apart that you can't tell?
It's the same thing all the time.. whether its dating (or being married to) someone for so long that you're simply too comfortable to leave or friend's for as long as you can remember.
Anyway.. I've rambled enough.