Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
~Oscar Wilde
What do you think of Mr. Wilde's advice?
Do you forgive your enemies? If so, are they annoyed? If you don't forgive them, why not? Do you ever wonder what would happen if everyone forgave their enemies? That would ruin quite a few plot lines, wouldn't it?
Let's discuss!
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Hi
I don't have any enemies.
I don't know if I could forgive though.
Shadow
Hi there! I don't have time to get in character today, so I'll just post as myself.
I don't think that forgiving enemies ruins plot lines, unless those plots are based on revenge. The forgiveness is an internal action that only affects the one doing the forgiving. It doesn't erase the evil actions that were done, or their effects.
It would tend to annoy villains who are looking for an emotional reaction from those they torment. But many villains (such as mine) don't think they've done anything wrong in the first place! So whether he is forgiven or not is a matter of complete indifference to him.
My dad once said in reference to demons:
It is not in our nature to forgive.
Yeah, but we can try, though. I mean, we supposedly learned about happiness from humans. So maybe they can teach us that, too.
I think I'll stick with getting even.
Choose forgiveness and decisive action. Waste not time in hatred and vengeance. Humans do not see the larger picture; the cruel and the evil receive punishment in equal measure. It is their destiny.
Do not reduce yourself by tampering with their fate. Aspire to rise above, and your destiny will be much greater because of this.
Burn them all! Let them all burn!
Burn, burn, burn!
Burn, burn!
Don't et mad. Get even.
- Brother D-Day, Animal House
Good advice, Des.
Only most of the demons I know don't hate--they almost ARE hatred. Especially Maliquium.
Kaelin doesn't waste much time with hate. He just sort of does what's necessary. But he doesn't feel much about it.
"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
~Mark Twain
Aidan, all of my advice is excellent.
Kaelin must seek beyond his nature.
It is his Destiny.
I'm not important enough to have any enemies. It makes me mad though when I read in the paper of someone forgiving the brutal murderer of their spouse or child. I'd be really mad if Brian forgave someone for doing something awful to me, even though, when I think of it, he'd probably not even notice.
In some cultures forgiveness is a sign of weakness.
"The worse a man is, the more profound his slumber, for if he had a conscience, he would not be a villian."
-Elizabeth Peters, The Snake, The Crocodile and The Dog(I just came across this as I was reading and eating lunch)
Candy, ditch Brian! You deserve better.
Hi Candy
Shadow
Woof, woof!
I get even.
I go to my lab. I make big bomb, boom.
I put it under their house.
Boom, boom! Then they sorry.
They all sorry.
Love. Love is the answer.
Ditto what Christine said. Ditch Brian.
Of course, you kinda have, right?
Whadya mean, ditch me?
Hey Candy, baby, whadya mean?
Being able to take the moral highground by forgiving my ex-husband would be wonderful, but so far I'm not able to find that forgiveness in me.
(Psssssst: Everybody except Brian -what's he doing here? I thought Candy left him in England when she ran away to America? I'm feeling very uneasy. Very very uneasy. Candy - can you explain?
Word verification: squilget - the feeling I got in my gut when I saw brian's name in the comments
Candy's in America? I missed something. Where are you, sweetie? I'm near the Liberty Bell if you want to come over for some tea and a nice chat.
“There is not, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.” – Samuel Johnson
Sorry, Timothy - but it's too late for apologies, isn't it?
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