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"Interesting question..."

My mate recently asked me a question, and it really got me think so I thought I'd post it here:

Would you rather have a life with no financial troubles, the money to get what you want and essentially a 'perfect' life, or what you've been given?

I'll start off by saying that, no matter how much I may moan about people being better off than myself, I wouldn't want to change it. We all have our problems, but I like to think that a bit of a struggle in life makes for a more interesting outcome. Getting anything you like without working makes me think it's just a waste of a life. Plus, a disability to see everything you may want to see, or have what you may want to have can change your life; half of things I live for, and I love, may not have been discovered if I chose another path.

So, what would you rather?

Black Glove wrote:

>
> The obsession with Belldandy continues. Didn't you say that you were
> once a member of the young Conservatives or something? Does Belldandy
> remind you of how you used to be when you were younger?

Frighteningly, yes he does! I was never QUITE as dumb as him; whenever forced into the position of having to think about the right-wing claptrap I had cheerfully and unthinkingly swallowed for so long, I did get pretty damned annoyed, but I did then think through why I believed it. I usually (though not always) found that I actually didn't believe it; I had merely accepted it cos my parents had always said that it was the way things are. I was then forced to think about just what I DID believe in. Something I still do to this day.

Anyhoo, the obsession is due to that and one other element: it's very funny to watch a self-important prissy ignoramus with no idea of how dumb he is, proving EXACTLY how dumb he is. He's clearly one of those people who will brook no disagreements (I on the other hand do; I love when people disagree cos it's a chance for debate and therefore a chance to learn something I didn't previously know), and frankly people like that deserve all the humiliation they can handle.

Rickoss wrote:
> Maybe I phrased the question wrong; it's not simply a case of having
> more money and what you wish, I mean choosing a completely different
> life. Would anyone really want to sacrifice that?

What exactly are you asking? If the question is looked at from a 'money from birth' perspective then the answer would have to be yes. You cannot possibly know that you would not have similar hopes and dreams, get the same inspiration from certain things, get the same pleasure from doing general everyday things that you do now. By the same token, if you had money from birth, which would have an effect on how you view or do things, you would have no idea of the kind of life you would be leading if you hadn't been born into money.

If the question is looked at from a 'I've just won the lottery' then the answer is still yes. Don't have to worry about meeting the morgage payments and being able to spend my time doing what I want to do rather than what I need to do to make ends meet.

I confused myself with the first paragraph so in essence the answer would be a resounding yes.

I'm pretty chuffing happy with what I have, thanks. This may be a sweeping generalisation, but it makes me angry that twatty families like the Windsors have fortunes handed down to them and everything they need served up on a golden plate. I mean, they must have such a blinkered view of the world holed up in their castles, eating banquets and drinking fine wine and champagne every night, whilst people that weren't fortunate enough to be born into the "upper crust" of society have to struggle to get by. It makes me sick. The sooner this country gets rid of the Monarchy the better - they do nothing except pose for stamps.

Christ, that came across as quite bitter!

monkey_man wrote:
> Christ, that came across as quite bitter!

So it should - there's no reason why these people should have so much state-funded wealth and opulence simply by being the offspring of someone else who had it. And they got it the same way.

The Windsors is a perfect example; yes, they may have the money and the power, but do they really have freedom to express themselves as they see fit? I say no. Having to be so image conscious would mar a lot of hopes and dreams, thus stopping you really achieving what you may want.

On the other hand, it depends what kind of family you were born into, I wouldn't have thought upper-class snobs would want children to have normal socialisation, or lifestyles, so things would be completely different. Obviously.

Light wrote:
> Frighteningly, yes he does! [etc]

Interesting. Okay, thanks for taking the time to respond to my little query.

Light wrote:
> Anyhoo, the obsession is due to that and one other element: it's very
> funny to watch a self-important prissy ignoramus

Strangely that about crystalises my opinion of you also, except you're older so in theory should know better, and have found something better to do with your time than arguing with people half your age.

Plus there's the comedy factor everytime you say something along the lines of "I once wrote something about this topic and I'll post it here" as you proceed to copy and paste a vast essay into the topic. I mean, seriously, who keeps written opinions stored on their PC ? You'd have to be pretty, well, self important, to do that surely...

Still, as I'm continually told by Light et al how inconsequential I am, I sure do get a lot of attention.

As for;

Light wrote:
> Belldandy wouldn't be very visibly the unhappiest virgin in the land.

I know this is a long time ago for you Light, but seriously, anyone can pull at Uni, even you in your day, probably.

And, a member of the young conservatives ! What a spiffing youth you had....

Personally - I'd take the money and invest it in rodent-farming.

I'd take the money and use it to go to film school to help kickstart my career. Not having to go to work means more free time, which is always a good thing when you're me.

Belldandy wrote:
> Light wrote:
> Belldandy wouldn't be very visibly the unhappiest virgin in the land.
>
> I know this is a long time ago for you Light, but seriously, anyone
> can pull at Uni, even you in your day, probably.

At one point I thought that Light and Goatboy's personal abuse was very funny but probably unnecessary. Now I think that it IS necessary and still very funny, because it's about the only time you'll respond directly to anything that people say to you.

I pity the girl who proves that 'anyone can pull at uni' with you.

"Call me Mr President! Mr President! Do it you terrorist! I am NOT in the wrong hole: I read all about this stuff in Clear and Present Danger. Who's the President? Huh? Huh? That wasn't premature. The average time is less than 60s. Here's the link! Yeah, google me, baby, google me real good."

If you admitted you were wrong, even once, then most of this would stop. Not all of it, obviously - because it's too funny - but most of it.

I'm off to pop a thread in which you were demonstrably wrong, and see what happens.