I read Lisa McConnell's letter and it conjured up
many sad conclusions that I'd drawn too long ago now.
Born an idealist, life has long transformed me into
a realist and this is indeed a sad truth. I've long
since come to the conclusion that people are very
shallow indeed they truly care only about themselves.
They are consumed by their own greed and ironically
it is their own greed that keeps them down. People
go to any and all lengths to deny this and are quite
convincing in dumbing their own minds to the reality
of who they really are and what they are really about.
The truth can be a harsh pill to swallow. People don't
want to just get by the want what the other man has
too. Fairplay...christ, you can't even find fairplay
in the sports they play. American's aren't happy with
having the greatest country in the world to live in
(what more do they really need?)... they want every
other country in the world too... this a trait they
no doubt gleaned from the motherland (England). My
people were Irish and as such, I am born of serfs...
but, I, like my father and his father before him never
submitted to our conquerors... and never did and never
will agree to the cruel betrayal of Ireland like that
of the quislings and traitors that sold out the North
and to this day continue to sell-out the North. TOO
MANY TRAITORS AND TOO FEW REBELS LIKE HENRY MUNRO!
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