2007/01/10
PROGRESS Lets discuss progress...

"progress (noun - prog-res, -ruhs): the development of an individual or society in a direction considered more beneficial than and superior to the previous level."

The maturation of just myself in the current instance of ended litigation has been abundant. I have learned more about myself on a psychological level than I had in my entire existence. I have been (forgive the box quote) "put through the ringer", and yet I still sit here and post about it. That shows me that I am stronger than my past... I have overcome some serious situations before, but this one (again) 'takes the cake'. Many of you might not realize who I am... a complete cynic with an aptitude for believing that I am better than everyone. It isn't that I am better, it is just that I truly believe that I can not be outdone. Whether that is a delusion of grandeur or just mediocrity in the face inhibition, we won't know. But I am a firm believer in the principle that PEOPLE LIE...

Onto the title of this post: PROGRESS

Many people will come to think that I am a a strong person for what I have been through... and that if I can handle this, than I can handle anything (again with the box quote). But, that isn't progress. I haven't truly learned anything from this experience... I haven't been brainwashed to believe that by downloading I am starving people who create this 'intellectual property'; that I violated. I haven't learned that the Justice Department is altruistic (we all know that I am not). And I haven't learned that our world is a just place, and that we should revel in the fact that our government takes care of its own.

I will tell you what I know from this (I won't say learned because this is what I always thought). People are self-righteous slobs, with a desire to better themselves. My current situation has nothing to do with stopping downloading, and ridding the world of these pirate bandits. It has to do with sending a whole-hearted lie to the American public, telling them that there is something they can do to stop this... when we all know that what I did, is the same as hundreds of thousands of people...

And, now.... with looming prison-time ahead... and a life full of injustices because of my 2 felony convictions... I still hold my head up high... because I know who I was before this, who I am now, and who I will be when it is over... // sk0t @ 1:18 AM :: Comments [7] :: Digg This ::