Op Ed by Steve
4/27/2004
You got it all wrong Wayne. There is nothing Bhuddistic about anything on your site, Bubba yes, Buddha no. The concept of 'personal responsibility' is an illusion programmed into your mind by those who want you to eat all of the guilt for the things they do, while they throw you the bone of good feelings about the meaningless things you do that make you proud. It resides in you as an ego aggrandizement. It allows you to take credit for deeds over which you had little or no control. You present as a rebel, above it all, to alleviate feelings of being average or a part of the masses. This drive to differentness controls all you do. Rebellion has a death lock on your sense of your will. You protest that you are not a child, even as you say such childish things. You, and the rest of us will always be children to the larger culture, whether we like it or not. Most of your listed protests are valid. Most of the laws and punishments are completely against the grain of natural man. It is good to see you working against them. However, it is 'their' concept of 'personal responsibility that allows them to list the responsibilities you are personally responsible for.