Termyn8or
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Pops, I like that. Three guys can keep a secret if two of them are dead. I am surprized I never heard it before.
It all boils down to if you got any rebel blood in you.
Gordon Liddy was once called to the private school his son was attending because the kid got in a fight. The other kid started it and Liddy's kid kicked his ass. The school told him that they teach to tell the teacher and not take matters into their own hands. He retorted that this is what the kids in France were taught while the kids in Germany were taught to take care of themselves, and added the fact that in WW2 Germany took over France faster than they took Poland. This with the Polish army outdated, literally still on horseback.
I will not forget those words anytime soon. Do I support Liddy ? No. He did covert things for an encumbent to secure an election. This is wrong. But there are things I like about him, and that is one of them. The main thing I like about Liddy is that he kept his mouth shut.
And John, who I mentioned in another thread, had some words of wisdom. You are unlikely to get busted if you simply keep your mouth shut. Most people tell on themselves. If you steal a million dollars who do you tell ? The correct answer is "NOBODY".
I became an honorary Italian some years ago. The court singled me out, I was the last one. They wanted to know who tried to fix my ticket, and I would not talk. I took my unusually stiff sentence and still clammed up. Later, my connections got me out, the judge himself came and did it. But I never told.
But I was in, so to speak. I did good, I kept my mouth shut. Doing that I gained power through the local "people". Most of them are dead now, but that does not matter. I take secrets to the grave. But around that time I could do no wrong. Law enforcement left me alone no matter what.
One day I got stupid and really annoyed someone, fucked up some of their property and was just a real asshole. The cops came, and I really belonged in jail that day. I didn't even get a ticket. Someday karma or something might get me, but the government didn't. I would spend five minutes in handcuffs for things that would land others in jail for five years.
Am I proud of that ? NO. But it is reality, it is fact.
Thing is, the world of a tattletale is completely foreign to me. To this day I don't recognize any authority and I do whatever I please, and have been doing so for thirty years. The person that I am now does not want to hurt, steal, any of that. But understand, I am smart enough to get away with things, even without the help of connections.
And I am not stupid, I know there are certain things that it is very hard to get away with. but that is not why I do not do them. I do not do them because I want to help people. And brother, if you look around people need alot of help.
It is like one day I became part of the human race, but long ago, I didn't care. I would get drunk on whiskey and terrorize friends, neighbors and even family. I always got away with it. I am not proud. I have gotten away with things that would astound you, and my hindsight tells me that I wish they would have thrown me in the slammer. If they had, my life today would probably be better. At the very least I would have less to live down.
They say people don't change, but I know for a fact that is not true.
The change started with Virgil. He used to come to our shop and was a decent gopher. We gave him our beer and junk, and he found a way to sell the junk and make a few bucks. One day his olady calls. My Dad said "I think she thinks we are a bad influence on him" and then I said "We are a bad influence on everybody".
That is when the change started, I couldn't get those words out of my head. We were doing bad, regardless if there were consequences, it was still bad. That was too hard to swallow.
I may have gone on too long, but at least you now have the perspective of someone who would, back then, kill a tattletail.
But now I do very little that is illegal. I drive illegally, I wish I could fix that. I smoke pot. Fuckem, the stuff grows in the ground. And I don't pay taxes, but that is not against the law. But when it comes to people, if I didn't earn it I do not want it. I want to be liked, respected and trusted. To have that I must be likable, respectable and trustworthy.
That is why I am how I am, not because of fear of the consequences, or wait, maybe it is. The consequences would be that I am not liked, trusted and respected. I don't fear any jail, in fact I would almost welcome it. It would be a break from my life, and I haven't had a vacation in a long time.
I make very few exceptions. There was a thread about a politician who was trying to close down the kinky places, the munches and so forth, yet he attended them and participated in them. He needs a tattletale. A two faced asshole like that, I simply do not care what happens to him. But these exceptions are rare. Otherwise your secrets are safe with me.
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RE: That tattletale from school - 
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