[TheForge] [OT RANT] Re: The science of driving.

[Andy Vida]

John Husvar wrote:
> 
> Andy Vida wrote:
> 
> >
> >       Mike, you're a funny guy.  Your points are well taken here and
> >       I agree strongly with your opinions on the general attitude of
> >       the great unwashed masses.  They don't want to be stoopid, they
> >       absolutely demand it and will go to great lengths to ensure that
> >       they will be able to live lives of blissful, obese, glassy eyed,
> >       inert ignorance.
> 
> Maybe I've grown too cynical as I've aged, but I emit an increasingly
> louder chuckle when folks say they want to help people improve
> themselves:

	Unsolicited do-gooding is at the apex of hubris, right next to
	things such as self-deprecation/self-hatred.

	But if Bruce is looking to make a buck at this, I certainly do
	respect that, especially in the context of this insane culture
	in which we find ourselves.

> I think they need to realize an ever-growing number don't
> want to improve themselves and will bitterly resent any attempt to
> influence them to do so. Those who want to improve themselves will and
> will find any help they need on their own. Those are the ones worth your
> time and aid. :)

	I wholly agree.  Anyone needing help and asking me for it, I will
	bend over backwards for, and in fact have done so many times,
	if I may toot my own horn a bit.  The rest, I wish all the best
	but I will not lift a finger for them if I judge them not worth
	helping.  This is where I differ from many others who were raised
	with the belief that we have no right to judge others and must help
	one and all.  I judge plenty, and I believe very fairly.  I'm sure
	I have done so incorrectly more than once and I am sorry if I've
	ever walked away from someone that would have otherwise been deserving
	of my attention, but I am only human and can do only so much.  One
	thing I don't cotton to is pissing my life and time down a rathole.
	There is nothing uglier to my eye than the sight of a parasitic
	personality sucking the life out of those around them with the
	"oh PLEASE help me" act with no intentions of making good on the
	generosity of others except to sate their latest need for a fix.