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pan6467 · 10-02-2006, 09:20 AM

When a person is "forced" to do something they don't like or feel morally wrong, they start to act out and do other, self destructive things and more often than not they do these things hoping (subconciously) to get caught, that added "thrill and excitement".

In politics, what happens is you want to help people, you are good at communicating and you are somewhat good at finding solutions. The problem for some is in order to get elected and to do what they feel needs to be done they find they have to sell their soul to their party.

What ends up happening because of partisan politics and the pressure put on the officials to perfom certain ways, they end up voting for things they know are wrong.

They may try to brush it off as a "necessary evil" or a compromise with other members of the party so that they can get something done at home.

But in the end, when you have to be something you are not or stand for something you don't believe in, eventually, you crumble. You turn to alcohol, drugs, deviant lifestyles etc.

Is this to say these people wouldn't have anyway? Perhaps, they wouldn't have, perhaps had they done something they believed in and stayed true to themselves, they wouldn't have gone down those roads. Or perhaps, because of the nature of the business and knowing that the bright lights may surface your lifestyle you choose it to get caught.

And it's not just in politics. The same goes for anyone who is unhappy in who they "have to be".

I feel sorry for Foley, I wish him the best, I hope he gets the help he needs but I also expect and demand that he gets treated and punished for what he did the same as anyone else would. If those "teens" were minors, then I hope he gets the punishment that any pedophile would get. (Not to say I agree or disagree with the punishment, but I am saying I hope because of who he is, he doesn't get leniency or get a worse than normal punishment.

10-02-2006, 09:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	When a person is "forced" to do something they don't like or feel morally wrong, they start to act out and do other, self destructive things and more often than not they do these things hoping (subconciously) to get caught, that added "thrill and excitement". In politics, what happens is you want to help people, you are good at communicating and you are somewhat good at finding solutions. The problem for some is in order to get elected and to do what they feel needs to be done they find they have to sell their soul to their party. What ends up happening because of partisan politics and the pressure put on the officials to perfom certain ways, they end up voting for things they know are wrong. They may try to brush it off as a "necessary evil" or a compromise with other members of the party so that they can get something done at home. But in the end, when you have to be something you are not or stand for something you don't believe in, eventually, you crumble. You turn to alcohol, drugs, deviant lifestyles etc. Is this to say these people wouldn't have anyway? Perhaps, they wouldn't have, perhaps had they done something they believed in and stayed true to themselves, they wouldn't have gone down those roads. Or perhaps, because of the nature of the business and knowing that the bright lights may surface your lifestyle you choose it to get caught. And it's not just in politics. The same goes for anyone who is unhappy in who they "have to be". I feel sorry for Foley, I wish him the best, I hope he gets the help he needs but I also expect and demand that he gets treated and punished for what he did the same as anyone else would. If those "teens" were minors, then I hope he gets the punishment that any pedophile would get. (Not to say I agree or disagree with the punishment, but I am saying I hope because of who he is, he doesn't get leniency or get a worse than normal punishment. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"