Success certainly is a relative term isn't it. I think it's only in places rife with 'new money' such as Newport, that success can be seen as a derivative of.. well, 'new money'
I don't mean this in a derogatory way, we are all free to choose what success means for ourselves. I'm simply suggesting that before people go whoring out respect to those who are 'successful' we might want to take a look at what success means to the individual receiving said respect.
I'm sure we can all agree (I'm assuming here that you have the capacity to place a respectable value on things other than a dude who rocked you in bed, and is extremely good looking, although a good roll in the rack with a hot piece of ass is nothing to shake a stick at) that those who have sacrificed their well being for a better human condition without a penny in the bank to show for it(e.g. Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Buddha, Christ, Susanne Sommers) are more deserving of respect than someone who graduated from Chapman and opened up a taco restaurant (again, not derogatory, just an honest comparison)
So what then do we do, if us lower peons that must give respect to Mr. Scheinberg do not view success in the same way that you do? It seems we are at an impasse. Can we go ahead and agree to disagree without the need to tear each other down? Is that even a possibility in the greater Newport area?
Where exactly is batman when you need answers to such trying moral quandaries?
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Date: 2008-05-14 10:57 pm (UTC)Success certainly is a relative term isn't it. I think it's only in places rife with 'new money' such as Newport, that success can be seen as a derivative of.. well, 'new money'
I don't mean this in a derogatory way, we are all free to choose what success means for ourselves. I'm simply suggesting that before people go whoring out respect to those who are 'successful' we might want to take a look at what success means to the individual receiving said respect.
I'm sure we can all agree (I'm assuming here that you have the capacity to place a respectable value on things other than a dude who rocked you in bed, and is extremely good looking, although a good roll in the rack with a hot piece of ass is nothing to shake a stick at) that those who have sacrificed their well being for a better human condition without a penny in the bank to show for it(e.g. Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Buddha, Christ, Susanne Sommers) are more deserving of respect than someone who graduated from Chapman and opened up a taco restaurant (again, not derogatory, just an honest comparison)
So what then do we do, if us lower peons that must give respect to Mr. Scheinberg do not view success in the same way that you do? It seems we are at an impasse. Can we go ahead and agree to disagree without the need to tear each other down? Is that even a possibility in the greater Newport area?
Where exactly is batman when you need answers to such trying moral quandaries?