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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thud13x" data-source="post: 1527030" data-attributes="member: 9616">Then again, what isn't bad?I think so far every body preceding my post has more than answered the initial question.  The conversation that Torm has started is very interesting as well.  It touches on the very basic nature of humanity, sacrifice vs. self-perservation.  While I agree with Torm on the fact that anything can be bad, I think of it more along the lines that anything can be bad for you if not balanced.  Moderation is key in regards to any part of life.  We as humans have the instinct to be selfish.  The majority of the time, if not always, we think about what we want.  This is something that we first discover as children and carry into adolesence and early adulthood.  I, for one, have been definitely guilty of this.Now please understand I do not mean to offend anyone with any generalizations I make, these are just observations that I have experienced not just of me but of those around me.  There, of course, exceptions to every rule.  The arguement that Torm makes is that we have lost that selflessness and mostly care about our status, possesions, job, etc.  True, but on the most part this is balanced by other things.  Example: A co-worker at my wife's law-firm is a, how to put it nicely with out offending Eric's Grandma... a skirt-chaser.  Not a very responsible individual in regards to how he de-moralizes his "conquests".  However, having met his wife and children, I realized he might be an a-hole outside his family life, but he truly is a great dad.  His kids are courteous, smart, and absouletly the opposite of what one might expect.  So, is he a bad person overall?  No one can answer that in an objective manner.  Me, for instance, have been gaming now for last four years straight.  Got back into 4 years ago during a very tough time in my life.  Un-employed, going through a very hard depression, marriage on the rocks.  I was not in a happy place.  Gaming helped me.  But, even though I started to climb out of the hole I was in, I still behaved in a manner that almost made me lose my marriage.  I started to game in excess.  This was not a "Gaming" problem but a "me" problem.  You can substitute gaming for any other hobby, addiction, misc. thing, like food or work or sex or alcohol.We need to come to a point where we are comfortable with both our selfishness and out selflessness.  I see gaming as an outlet for me to relax, use my imagination, interact with friends, so when I come home to my family I can give them my attention 100%.  I can soothe my wife's headaches, walk my hyperactive dogs for an hour or two, work Overtime so I can have a little extra to give the homeless, charities, political campaigns, anything that I think would help make the world a better place.  I think the parable Rel made truly puts it all in the right place.That is my $00.2 and hope my rant makes sense.  Again, apologizes to anyone offended by anything I might have said.NK</blockquote>

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