Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeno
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. -Samuel Johnson
No Pain yet. When the pain comes it will still be better to not be a beast or have been a beast to others. It will still be better to see yourself age, health deteriorate and ultimately die. At least you can die with a smile that it was all worth it, that it can be better, that it is easy to fix in the end the things that make it bad sometimes, the technology that is missing to make it safer, the ingenuity missing by not yet completed synthesis, the kindness missing because of conflicts and insecurities, the wisdom attained by unnecessary pain and so much more ugliness through better culture, better effort, true caring for the game. All of which will become possible because you and others like you chose not to be beasts during the whole thing. Pain or no pain victory is inevitable.
If you want to have fun every now and then that doesnt make you a beast. It makes you an animal that knows better and still celebrates its nature with dignity and honesty.