Audiokinesis offers sage advice. Advice that should be heeded by all of us. Regardless of the industry or circumstances.
What perplexes me is the attitude that some have developed by thinking that simply being a participant in this specific hobby somehow shields them or elevates them from the ill-effects of diverse forms of human behavior.
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of good people in this hobby, but there's plenty of the other types as well. Just like in the real world.
There an old story: "If an uneducated man walks up to a vegtable cart with a horse attached, he'll steal as many vegtables as his pockets will hold. You take that same man and educate him, he'll find a way to steal the entire horse and cart."
In other words, education does not increase morality. If anything, it's the other way around.
And no I am not a misanthrope. At least not yet. But there have been occassion where I wish I were. ;)
But I always hope for the best in others while simultaneously trying to prepare for the worst.
-IMO
What perplexes me is the attitude that some have developed by thinking that simply being a participant in this specific hobby somehow shields them or elevates them from the ill-effects of diverse forms of human behavior.
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of good people in this hobby, but there's plenty of the other types as well. Just like in the real world.
There an old story: "If an uneducated man walks up to a vegtable cart with a horse attached, he'll steal as many vegtables as his pockets will hold. You take that same man and educate him, he'll find a way to steal the entire horse and cart."
In other words, education does not increase morality. If anything, it's the other way around.
And no I am not a misanthrope. At least not yet. But there have been occassion where I wish I were. ;)
But I always hope for the best in others while simultaneously trying to prepare for the worst.
-IMO
