It just comes to you... or does it? (729 hits)
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Submitted by SlowlyRotting <therickva.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-11-10 15:41:31 EST
It just comes to you...
At least, that's what I keep telling myself. The ice cubes in my glass of Wegman's black-cherry flavored water rattle as I lean over and place it on the end table. The sound reminds me of my own youth, my grandfather's nightly drink of whiskey, my grandmother bringing me chocolate ice-cream as we all watched whatever boring WWII documentary was on the discovery channel that night. Sometimes I can even smell the sweet stench of the cigars he smoked until my mom made him quit. Sometimes, but not often.
I return my attention to the task at hand: finding gang graffiti to tag over on the newest addition to my PS2 library. But my mind keeps wandering. How did I end up here? A year ago I was a latch-key in a deep south jail. Two years ago I was stuck sleeping with the biggest slut in the continental U.S., and raising her illegitimate son while she was out ruining my credit. A year before that, a fratboy with an alcohol problem. And a year before that? A pot head who kept out of jail by the skin of his teeth.
Now I'm somebody's husband. I have my own son on the way. How the fuck am I supposed to raise a little man? I'm hardly more than a kid myself.
It just comes to you...
That's what my own father told me. He was 17 when I was born. He dropped out of college and married my mom. Took a job as a cop to pay the bills and fathered my two little sisters before deciding he didn't love my mom enough to stay. But hey, it's all in the past. I moved up here to make amends with him. I can't believe I've been here a year already, and before I know it I'll be back in Louisiana so my kid can grow up with family.
What I am supposed to teach him? How can I raise him so that my own prejudices don't get passed on? How can I keep him safe in a world where idiots blow up buildings and F-16s shoot up schools? How can I teach him to love his neighbors but never let the man keep him down? How can I teach him how to fight, but keep him from being a bully?
It just comes to you...
I lead my character out of his house and into the street. I run him through an alley behind his house until he reaches the nearest intersection. I press R1 and he pulls out a Tec-9, and I have him kill the first police officer that happens down the road. Once the cop's dead, I have my guy steal his gun and baton, then carjack an old lady and take off with her car, running her over in the process.
How am I supposed to teach him morals?
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Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-11-10 18:50:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2004-11-10 16:57:41 EST (#)
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its all about HL2.
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2004-11-10 16:48:45 EST (#)
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Funny thing is, I was playing San Andreas last night and my 16-month-old son came toddling into the room... and I was overcome by a certain sensation that this post sums up pretty well.
I hate to use the term, but if you have any type of "moral compass" at all, it really does just come to you. Trust me.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2004-11-10 16:01:54 EST (#)
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+2 for the article
-2 for this lil gem
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Submitted by slowlyrotting (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:42:33 (#)
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Real men love Jesus - word.
Submitted by strider (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:52:32 EST (#)
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oh, and plus two for your comment, agreed.
Submitted by Quartermain (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:51:53 EST (#)
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I've asked my father the same questions, and he's said pretty much the same thing.
Submitted by strider (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:51:37 EST (#)
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man, I can't wait til that game comes out on the PC. Monday is gonna be great too. HL2 w00t!
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:44:32 EST (#)
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god I miss Wegmans! and +2 for caring enough to ask difficult questions
Submitted by slowlyrotting (user info) at 2004-11-10 15:42:33 EST (#)
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Real men love Jesus - word.