I have seen messages from a wealth of people - those quoting words from their learn-one-word-a-day subscriptions to pour their derisions upon things others say, in a bombastic manner. Those people are hardly ever short of such sarcastic remarks and they spit them out at will.

Outside the forum, the situation is not any better, the guy who parks his car next to mine is an asshole and, he will not heed my polite warnings. It is a world full of ignorance and rudeness not to mention deceit. That must be the reason why one Alan Parsons song from the 70's moans: "I don't want live in the real world". The real world is so full of problems...

Obviously, the Internet made its debut in a very timely manner just as humanity was getting fed up with the unbearable consequences of an industrial life style.
As a result, almost everyone has jumped on the Internet band wagon. Here, people feel as if they are demigods who are entitled to saying things normally they shouldn't. At this point, politeness, thoughtfulness and all the excellent aspects of the human trait are put aside.

Somewhere on the Internet there must be a file entitled “Net Etiquette”; I suggest that everyone should read it at least once.

Coming back to me, at this stage in my life, I am beginning to question myself fearing that I might have a previously undiscovered social dysfunction -one that has lingered in me for years waiting to be unearthed by a catalyst which in this case is the Internet. Admittedly, I was initially concerned more about falling victim to a state of procrastination induced by spending long hours in front of my computer screen. Presently, I am more or less convinced that I am a sociopath just like millions of others who kill time similarly -cursing and ridiculing people in the hope of freeing themselves of the boredom caused by their unbearable lives. Nevertheless, my reasons are probably the other way around. I am standing in the middle of this sad world and watch it collapse piece by piece.

When I was a little child, I was confident that tomorrow would be much better than today. I believed in progress and the benevolent effects of it on society. Today I am not sure about what future holds for us.

That being said, there is still some room for optimism; as it is expressed in a famous Livaneli song:

I gazed at the world from a coast
Hands all salty and a pearl sits on my palm
A blue vision stretching in vast space
And a yearning for freedom is tingling my heart
It is beauty
That will bring salvation to this world
It will all begin when one loves another.

If you could just say this in simpler words.... :-S

Hi. this is Akin I am a psycho and I hate your guts.

good writing..may be we all are trying to say "world accept me as i am" who knows??

Hey this reminds me of a few members here. Nice to see you back vineyard, you have been missed.

If you know you are a psycho...you can't really be psychotic but you can however be a sociopath. Where is our resident a-hole, pervert, disgust creature, Pagliaccio? Even though he doesn't really seem to be those things on his 'good days'. I think he would be a good one to comment on this thread.

Vineyards, you seem to be so much disappointed with life..

Life is not what you are expecting from it... it is inside you... If you are struggeling with your life so much, if you are discontented so much, how can you be open to its beatiful, its happy, yes its wonderful sides? I think it has to be the other way round... First you have to love life and everything it has to offer... and then see how the world changes on its own...

I just wanted to offer you those words to read, of course you know them...

Ve kederi de yaşamalısın, namusluca, bütün benliğinle
Çünkü acılar da, sevinçler gibi olgunlaştırır insanı
Kanın karışmalı hayatın büyük dolaşımına
Dolaşmalı damarlarında hayatın sonsuz taze kanı

Yaşadıklarımdan öğrendiğim bir şey var:
Yaşadın mı büyük yaşayacaksın, ırmaklara, göğe, bütün evrene karışırcasına
Çünkü ömür dediğimiz şey, hayata sunulmuş bir armağandır
Ve hayat, sunulmuş bir armağandır insana

(Ataol Behramoğlu: Yaşadıklarımdan öğrendiğim bir şey var)

In every writing, there are some exageration, some drama, some tragedy and a host of other writing techniques. In other words, I am offering you a beverage distilled from my human feelings. It is a bit condensed and stronger than the real thing just like wine being stronger than grape juice and cognac being stronger than both of them. The purpose is getting you to drink it.

a bottle of sweet red words will do a nice start.
and if conversation gets really-really intense, a nice glass of the finest VSOP archaisms will just make my day!
(hukkle! oups... )