#mentallyhandicapped

So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.  When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?” “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.                                                                                        

                                                                                ~1 KIngs 18:16-18~ (NIV)

There is an ironic sort of comfort knowing that the blame game, not taking responsibility and being blind to one’s faults goes back to King Ahab and in truth – all the way back to the Garden of Eden.

2016 saw an escalation of blaming others, while refusing to accept blame for anything, while still screaming for someone to take responsibility. “It’s the governments fault and responsibility!” “No, it all in how children are raised. It’s the parents fault!” “Our school system is broken so it’s the teacher’s fault!” “Actually, the government plays a big role in education, so actually in truth it’s the government’s fault!”

And round and round it goes.

You can insert pretty much any topic into that conversation and be part of the discussion. Now I am not saying one should take blame to play the role of martyr or where one is NOT at fault. But the idea that nothing is anybody’s fault anymore is ludicrous.

Perfect example of this is what is trending in the news right now about the mentally handicapped boy who was tortured by four teens in Chicago, the video of which streamed live on Facebook. We have people saying it’s the parents fault. We have others saying they shouldn’t be tried as adults because they were doing “stupid things” as teens are wont to do sometimes. We have others spewing out hatred toward the teens. We have others saying it was a hate crime as it was a matter of race. It’s like no one with authority quite wants to call it for what it is – the sin of humanity. Evil from four human beings toward another human being.

This isn’t about governments or schooling or race or even parenting in the end. This is about four people knowingly and willingly hurting another person quite brutally and now needing to own up to what happened.

And the blame game needs to sit this inning out.

MH: but his kissmesas is pale now

UM: noOo! trichoOo was pale foOor shiras!

UM: doOon't interrupt! i'm noOot finished!

MH: marloOot was black foOor shiras and everyboOody figured that was perfectioOon right there! UM: but then trichoOo goOoes pale foOor shiras and that was such an awkward situatioOon!

MH: you said it right there

MH: no interpritation

MH: shit

MH: wait

MH: my mistake

UM: that's what i just said!

MH: continue

UM: anyway!

UM: shiras, whoOo is pale foOor trichoOo right back decides toOo doOo soOomething ridiculoOously dumb by even the stupidist standards!

UM: she tries toOo auspice foOor them!

UM: i'm absoOolutely poOositive this was trichoOo's doOoing!

MH: seems to be similar to what happened here

MH: to me ieye mean

UM: oOoh i doOon't doOoubt it! trichoOo has a track recoOord oOof dragging peoOople intoOo his quadrants!

UM: at any rate!

UM: zettic steps in and doOoes a proOoper auspice and then falls perfectly pale foOor marloOot

UM: they are the cuitest things!

UM: and foOor like, a sweep? it loOooOoks like they actually will settle intoOo a nice little coOomplicated but moOostly managable threesoOome!

UM: and then she dies!

MH: you said Marlot was black for Shiras?

UM: marloOot is black foOor everyboOody thoOough!

UM: such a kisslut!

MH: Tricho told me that He was red for her

UM: well, yeah! he was moOostly red foOor her!

MH: and that she was red for tricho

UM: oOoh, is that hoOow he's telling it these days?

UM: sweetie, listen!

UM: yoOou take everything trichoOo says with a huge pinch oOof soOodium nitrate!

MH: well then how does it really go

UM: hoOow shoOould i knoOow? i'm just an agrigate oOof secoOondhand infoOormatioOon!

UM: maybe she was red foOor trichoOo! it's noOot like i can ask her because she's dead!

UM: unless, oOof coOourse, yoOou manage toOo bring her back froOom the grave in this ridiculoOously coOomplex coOomputer game?

UM: i'm still coOonfused by that!

MH: its not as confusing as it ounds

MH: what did you read about the kernels?

UM: soOomething aboOout hoOow they're a basic element oOof gameplay that determines the type moOonsters yoOou have toOo fight!

MH: that is true

MH: two an extent

MH: their purpose is to be "prototyped"

MH: and this means they absorb and become what you put into them

MH: if this happens before you enter the game this new information is added to the mosnters code

MH: but it can be done after enetering the game as well

MH: their second role is to serve as a guide im told

MH: but tricho said that

MH: so we will have to see

MH: the part we are interested in is the prototyping

UM: oOoh! i get it!

UM: if yoOou have shiras' boOody yoOou can proOotoOotype it!

MH: correct

MH: the only problem is

MH: we do knot no that we will be able to recover the corpse

UM: soOo, yoOou can use her ghoOost instead!

MH: that will be more complicated

UM: see, noOow what yoOou said makes perfect sense! i guess!

UM: i've been loOooOoking up this game soOome moOore and it soOounds really interesting!

MH: would you like to join us?

UM: i doOon't knoOow!

UM: i'll have toOo think aboOout it!

MH: tricho is lazy and has not completed the chain of players yet

MH: thought i do not know how long that window will remain open

UM: oOoh, well, if yoOou're waiting foOor trichoOo toOo make a moOove i've goOot plenty oOof time!

MH: i agree

MH: he has been quite unproductive lately

UM: are yoOou kidding me?

UM: he's been plenty busy!

MH: how would you know?

UM: zettic has been coOomplaining!

UM: i am this ship! i see all! i knoOow all!

MH: what has he been complaining about?

UM: marloOot has been coOomplaining aboOout trichoOo toOo zettic and zettic has been coOomplaining aboOout the whoOole situatioOon toOo himself very loOoudly!

UM: that, and i have access toOo all their ridiculoOously pale coOonversatioOon loOogs! but that's oOour little secret!

MH: oh

MH: this can be usefull

MH: what has tricho been sayign about Marlot?

UM: oOoh, noOo! i am noOot aboOout toOo get invoOolved with yoOour little ashen tangle!

UM: and hoOow woOould i knoOow what trichoOo says? he almoOost never troOolls zettic!

MH: you have already involved yourself more than I have

MH: oh

MH: my mistake

UM: noOot a bit! i just knoOow these things!

MH: i said the names in the wrong order

MH: the point is

MH: you read every conversation about their relationShips

MH: you know more than i do

MH: and are therefour mor involved than i am

UM: that is noOot what i said! i oOonly said i had access toOo them!

MH: yet you seem to know the content

UM: which is why i had yoOour screenname! it was oOon zettic's list!

UM: presumably because marloOot gave it toOo him foOor soOome reasoOon!

MH: i want to know what he has been saying

UM: yoOou are in this mess soOo deep!

UM: excuse yoOou! i said noOo!

MH: how can i fullil my awespicetess role if i am not imformed

MH: you are dooming their realtionship

MH: they are both going to slip so red

MH: SO

MH: red

MH: and Shiras

MH: Shiras will not be happy when she comes back

MH: if that happens

UM: oOoh! loOooOok! it's all the cares i give!

UM: .

UM: see them!

UM: right there! that little bit!

UM: foOour pixels oOon the screen!

UM: i will tell yoOou what i knoOow oOoffhand aboOout peoOople but i will noOot stoOooOop toOo snoOooOoping foOor the benefit oOof soOomeoOone i just met!

MH: you wouldnt want to make Zetic unhappy would you?

UM: why shoOould i care aboOout zettic? he thinks he oOowns me oOor soOomething!

MH: im sure he would be... displeased if he found out your broke all of his morails relationShips

UM: oOoh, please!

UM: i'm noOot even remoOotely invoOolved in any oOof that mess and i am glad noOot toOo be!

MH: ah

MH: but that is the beauty o it

UM: there is noOo reasoOon foOor zettic toOo poOoint a finger at me if things fall apart!

MH: you already are involved

MH: because if it falls apart it will have been because i was underinformed

UM: noOope!

MH: and who's fault will that be

UM: that's yoOour oOown proOoblem!

MH: you'res

MH: you stood by and watched them crumble

MH: withought a care in the world

UM: and it will be a loOovely sight!

MH: you ha the opertunity to help and you chose not to

MH: this choice you are about to not make will affect the realtionships of everyone you know

UM: and then marloOot will have soOo many feelings jams with zettic and zettic will coOoddle him and shoOooOosh him and pap him and it will be perfectly pale!

MH: every single person

MH: you are so deep in this shit

MH: you are burried in it

UM: actually! i'm noOot!

MH: every way you look

MH: no matter what choice you make

MH: you are involved

UM: i think yoOou're trying toOo describe yoOourself here!

MH: you are the turning point

UM: oOoh my goOod! yoOou are soOo meloOodramatic!

MH: melodramatic?

UM: yoOou are a queen oOof drama!

MH: can i at least be a prince?

UM: everything is aboOout yoOour little tangle oOof quadrant mess!

UM: whatever! prince oOof dramatics!

UM: i'm quite coOontent toOo deal with my oOown proOoblems and simply watch oOother peoOople's!

MH: not everything is about my trytangle

UM: i'm noOot getting invoOolved!

UM: that is final!

MH: ok

MH: that is fine

MH: i'll be sure to keep you informed

UM: yes, please!

MH: since you enjoy these things

UM: oOoh! and if zettic ever messages yoOou, please doOon't tell him yoOou talked toOo me!

MH: my lips are sealed

MH: if i had any

UM: soOo creepy!

MH: on an unrelated note

MH: where are you headed?

UM: like i woOould give my loOocatioOon toOo a stranger i just met!

UM: that kind oOof infoOormatioOon is beyoOond oOoff-limits!

MH: what does 03.85.12 mean, and 66.38.08

MH: those are locations corrwect?

UM: they're coOompletely directioOonal!

UM: they're based oOon the fictioOonal poOoint that is the center oOof the ship!

MH: clever

UM: it's space!

UM: what oOother poOoint is goOoing toOo be there?

MH: well as i understand it space is three dimentional as well as static

UM: yes!

MH: so if you have a 2 ore more points of refference

MH: uch as planets or suns

MH: you can orient everything else relaive to those points

MH: and give them equivelent locations

UM: well, duh! but that's moOore infoOormatioOon than yoOou need if yoOou're oOonly describing things in terms oOof yoOour current loOocatioOon!

MH: but if you only have one point of refernece how do you know you are going the right direction?

UM: that's what yoOou use the twoOo poOoint reference calculatioOons foOor!

UM: loOooOok!

UM: if yoOou're in yoOour respite bloOock and yoOou need toOo tell soOomeoOone toOo get the plush toOoy foOor yoOou, yoOou aren't goOoing toOo describe it in terms oOof the entire hive!

MH: you said the too point calculators were too much information

UM: yoOou're goOoing toOo describe it in terms oOof just the respite bloOock!

MH: perhaps i am incorrectly imagining the density of objects in space

MH: i cant imagine there are many

UM: well we are in a fairly poOopulated system right noOow!

UM: all soOorts oOof ships and garbage floOoating aroOound!

MH: ah

MH: i am still curious as to where you are going

UM: i'm still noOot telling!

UM: but!

UM: i can tell yoOou that we're after a really toOough boOounty!

UM: we've been tracking this guy foOor perigrees!

MH: bounty?

UM: yes! that's what we doOo! we catch the criminals that are woOorth cash!

MH: why is he a criminal

UM: i doOon't knoOow! i doOon't really care either!

UM: i doOo knoOow that we proOobably shoOould have given up oOon this oOone already!

UM: but zettic is nursing such a little black crush!

UM: it's adoOorable!

MH: there is a lot of things you do not care about

UM: i doOon't care aboOout the fact that yoOou think i doOon't care aboOout a loOot oOof things!

UM: that's anoOother thing i doOon't care aboOout!

MH: the list keeps growing

MH: so why is it so hard to find this criminal

UM: he's very well coOonnected!

UM: it's noOot a matter oOof finding him! it's a matter oOof capturing him!

MH: but you are flying through space at the moment

MH: i assume you are persuing him

UM: noOot in the active sense oOof the woOord!

UM: we are foOolloOowing him, yes! but noOot chasing him!

MH: what are you waiting for

MH: you know where he is

MH: you have buisness with him

MH: get down to buisness

UM: i have noOo clue! i'm noOot a boOounty hunter! i'm just a ship!

UM: ask zettic why he woOon't just poOounce already!

MH: will you ask him for me

UM: his flustered black affectioOons are getting moOore painfully oOobvioOous by the night!

UM: loOoloOoloOoloOoloOol

UM: noOope!

MH: why not

UM: because it's noOone oOof my business toOo ask him aboOout hoOow he doOoes business!

UM: he doOoesn't like it when anyoOone questioOons him aboOout these things!

UM: and he really woOon't like it because he's a roOomantic doOooOofus!

MH: you should care about more things

MH: you are more fun when you care about things

UM: i care aboOout juicy stoOories! yoOou can't hear aboOout juicy stoOories if yoOou invoOolve yoOourself in them!

MH: but every time i try to squeez more juice from these stonys you stop me

UM: noOo! yoOou keep asking foOor direct infoOormatioOon!

UM: firsthand soOources are noOot goOossip!

UM: i have noOo reasoOon toOo goOo snoOooOoping oOon yoOour behalf!

MH: but i asked you to

MH: isnt that reaso enough?

UM: and yoOou are a stranger that i just met!

MH: but we have so much in ,

UM: oOoh, noOo! we are soOo doOone!

UM: yoOou are noOot goOoing toOo throOow my glitches in my face!

-- uncontainedMelevolence [UM] stopped messaging mentallyHandicapped [MH] at 01:59 --

MH: but i like you're glitches...

UM: goOooOod foOor yoOou! i doOon't!