Pain and Suffering
I work overnight and if any of you have ever done the same, you know that it is almost necessary to spark a conversation with a coworker or two to stay awake and pass time. One of my co-workers does this EVERY NIGHT, and he deliberately picks hot-button issues or topics that are sensitive to some to rile us up and kill as much time as he can. Personally, I believe he likes to hear himself talk, as he dominates most of the discussion with his warped, archaic, ex-military officer views, but that’s not the point of this post. He recently stated that his wife feels he is angry/hateful because he expressed to her how he feels the world needs another war. *record scratch* Say what now? Yes, he was disheartened to find out that America would not be going to war because our opponent backed down. Me being me, I looked at him and flatly agreed with his wife. His rationale for wanting the war is this; “Humans define themselves through suffering”. That’s the gist of what he said to me. He made s