James/Chat/20080521-1

From LostRing

// James (May 21/08)

In response to:
to an email of "mrJudkins"

You worry me sometimes. As Orwell wrote in 1946, "To see what is in front of your nose requires a constant struggle." (You should find the article, it's an interesting read). He wrote it about the politics of the first half of the 20th century, but I feel like it applies pretty well here. You've seen the facts, they've been laid out in front of you, yet still you foolishly follow a course which, if you really looked at it, is the wrong path to take. The Markus situation was regrettable, but as it turned out he was pretty useless to us. To be quite frank, I think they didn't tell him anything to begin with because they knew he wasn't trustworthy, he's rash, erratic... running around the globe, dying his hair... did he really think that would help when all the while he's Blogging about what he's doing?! HA!

Ariadne has gone off the deep end. You've lost your 'guiding light', Kai was silly to try and help her, but instead he's helped her get her hopes up, and now helped her into a pit. As for Kai and myself, I feel no injustice has been done. He's always been so naive, maybe it was time for him to go through some hardships too.

You want me to ask some questions? Fine... I'll leave you with these thoughts:
Why do you think you will succeed this year where others have failed in the past?
What came out of the aftermath of Tambora?
How about the aftermath of 1906? (In fact, for a particularly fun bit of problem solving, why not figure out WHY there was a city-leveling earthquake in 1906...)

Enjoy those.

I hope the rest of your week goes as well as mine is going.

Sincerely,
-James Mutters