Grisodlar'n
Hero
Jag slogs av något när en användare länkade till en gammal recension av MYFAROG. Det var inte trådens ämne som fick mig att haja till, utan att den tråden innehöll minst två personer som numera är bannade på livstid. Jag började att läsa deras gamla inlägg och funderade lite över mitt eget livstidsbann som tack vare högre makter blev hävt i korrelation till dessa personer. Var är alla de bannade och brända häxorna nu? Håller de fortfarande på med rollspel? Lever de? Läser de här på forumet? Skulle de vilja komma tillbaka? Det var många tankar som väcktes om personerna bakom forumnamnen. Finns det någon chans att de alla blir benådade någon gång? Jag vet inte, men jag hoppas det. Jag får avsluta min lågmälda appell med följande citat:
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
? Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?”
? Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
? Abraham Lincoln
“The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice.”
? William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
? Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire. Imagine a world filled with individuals willing both to apologize and to accept an apology. Is there any problem that could not be solved among people who possessed the humility and largeness of spirit and soul to do either -- or both -- when needed?”
? Gordon B. Hinckley, Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
? Abraham Lincoln
“The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice.”
? William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice