.08. [voice] i guess i don't see the point in crying over a dead rabbit

[tangentdarko]

I don't get it. Why should I feel bad when an inmate here dies or leaves? We're all dead anyway and most of them come back. We don't have meaningful lives and it's not like we were good people. I mean, I'm sorry, don't get me wrong.. I like some of the inmates here, but half of them are lost in ignorance.. and ignorance is bliss, so I guess I would be happy if I were them too. But why should I care if they leave? I guess I just don't see the point in crying over a dead inmate when they probably didn't even fear dying anyway.

[Private to Tommy]
I don't want to keep taking my pills.

Comments

[empirical_data]

We feel bad because there was untapped potential. Because someone did something wrong in their past, it does not mean that they cannot create a better future. If they have been brought here, then that person had the capacity to improve on the world around them.

You cry because they became a part of your life, you become used to them, and whether or not they were "good people", they were individuals that you wanted to have as a part of your life.

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[aintnothingfair.livejournal.com]

Don't like your fellow inmates?

[warrenwhite.livejournal.com]

That's true, man. There's no reason to get attached to these guys. They'll just leave or turn on you, right?

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[some-kinda-hero.livejournal.com]

I can follow your argument, but...I tend to care too much, so I can't rightly say I agree.

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[remarkablyblunt]

Any reason in particular?