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Originally Posted by Matt Willard  Rose, I dig the hell out of your story. It seems perfect to me. You see, I was also one of those kids. Not really popular, not really allowed out of the house. (Eventually I came to realize that popularity is overrated, but that's something else.) A thing I love to read about in stories is justice, retribution for being wronged. It feels good to feel that something ended fairly, that you got the last laugh. And, you see, it works because I got the background behind it. If you were a fictional character, due to that and my own life experiences, I could easily get in your corner.
I'm just saying it felt righteously awesome :V |
Yea, it's the whole "revenge" aspect that is appealing about Rose's story. Most of us have been "wronged" and long to get back at those responsible. When we can, it feels very "right". The fact that she threw away a bunch of money that might have helped a good cause just can't compete with that feeling. Morality tends to be an emotional thing rather than a reasoned one. I'm not saying that we should embrace this and make all our decisions about how something feels. It's possible that what Rose did was very "wrong". But you can't really blame yourself when the feelings of self-righteousness do not go away with time. Especially when negative feelings, like shame, are supposed to pop up in place and make you want to apologize (even if by anonymous action)?
Aside from that, apology has got to be one of the most overrated things, but that's another topic...