Stella_Omega
No Gentleman
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- Jul 14, 2005
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Yeah. I have been in a position where I could get revenge at last-- and didn't do it, because it just wasn't going to feel good.A lot of replies here aren't really "revenge" but "self defense." The difference, to me, is when that person can't hurt you anymore yet you still go out of your way to deliver pain and delight in their misfortune. There's no room for that in my life. Live and let live, eh? Do unto others & all that jazz.
But stopping someone in the act, and seeing a just and poetic repercussion-- that's a good thing.
I am in a position right now, where I fucked up. The person whom I wounded is doing her damndest to get revenge, as in repercussions above and beyond what she needed to do in the incident-- which she did, at that time. I apologised publicly. I have however stirred up some sleeping dragon in her, and she's being passive-aggressive at me all over the internet. I emailed her and told her to just get aggressive minus the passiveness, but she will not respond directly... What we do comes back threefold. I'm just taking my lumps for now. And defending myself against the sniping when I come across it.
The link I posted, is another example. In that case, someone felt aggrieved towards a group of women-- paid $45.00 to go to the convention, took pictures and posted them in a nasty, hateful post on a forum that exists specifically for those kiinds of posts.
Now, people are blogging about her actions, and when she goes to get a job, any potential employer who googles her name-- will read about how she broke a signed confidentiality agreement, engaged in hatespeech, and does not get along with other women. That's going to be a big threefold.