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Originally Posted by brooksr  I also enjoy Steve's PD writings but agree with Seth.
Steve, you are detached from this event because of the distance and lack of involvement. And to some degree, I believe, due to a certain lack of maturity related, perhaps, to your age.
You need to put yourself into the shoes of the people more directly affected such as the family members and friends of the people who died.
I imagine if Erin, or your child, experienced a horrible, violent death there in Las Vegas your feelings would change. You would probably experience a "revelation" and change your thinking.
You have not done so with VT because you are detached and have no personal stake in it.
There is a difference between a certain belief in "creating your own reality" and having an aloof and unsympathetic attitude towards great suffering in the real world.
If the family and friends of the people killed at VT were to read your writings, they would probably experience a lot of anger and I would not blame them.
I admire much of your thinking, but not this time.
Brooks |
I agree with you, I wonder how much pain and suffering steve has really gone through? It would seem that life is almost perfect for Steve and his family and feel as though Steve is almost blocking pain out of his life - but personally I don't think that's always a good thing because...well...it makes you become more inhuman.
I remember reading briefly over Steve's SR thread to do with the mascre and to be honest it seems a bit cookey. I find a lot of Steve's post really helpful and I take what I need and ignore what I don't need. As long as he doesn't try to force his beliefs onto me (like religion), then I'm fine.
I think there's a lot of smart people on this thread and they wont do anything that they don't want to do.