Funky Witherbean
   |
Posted - 2006.08.21 04:36:00 -
[1]
I think its' pretty sad how much people are willing to get behind lowlifes. I didn't lose anything, but I'm not going to applaud antisocial acts done by worthless people. I have no admiration for Cally or Currin whatsoever, and don't even think that proving that it is easy to take advantage of people's trust is a very original or difficult trick.
I really hope that the people applauding never have a real-life encounter with someone that takes pleasure from hurting others- because it's really not as cool as you seem to think. And while I agree that- thank god- it IS a video game, you'd have to be stupid not to believe that cally's player has shown his true character.
People tend to confuse luck with skill or insight. I could make a bunch of alts, and take both sides of every major issue that arises for the next six months, and end up with a few characters with a "perfect track record". It wouldn't mean anything. What counts is the dedication and quality of thought that people put into taking their positions. So- DS and EMFI are still much higher on the totem pole than many people popping in to say "I told you so".
So I'm not going to go into a panic and refuse to trust anyone. I won't refuse to invest in well thought out companies, because the opportunity to run a company makes the game fun for some, and in cases like ISS, really adds to the sense of community and place. I'm not going to decide that there is some profound lesson here- because I knew that people like Cally existed before his little video. I won't, in other words, let Cally's player have any impact on me. And I hope that most of you don't either. People like Cally want to turn our world into something as depressing and hopeless as their lives. Don't let them define your world.
I also don't buy the whole "social darwinism" thing. Criminals are not performing some social service by stealing from people that don't lock their doors. People wouldn't NEED to lock their doors without criminals.
The argument social engineers make is that people should never trust each other, and that they are just demonstrating that. But you NEED trust for a society to work, so we're stuck with it. Social Engineers just exploit an unfixable flaw in the social contract for personal gain.
|