i agree w/what most of what k1ng posted.
i think that oftentimes people are so numb to everything in life that they'll take any deviation from a calloused response. and, since these same people often have an initially pessimistic reaction to events, it is so much easier for them to react to a "bad" happening than it is for them to feel anything from "good."
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If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
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