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May 16, 2004
In reply to a comment: Trust in Dangerous situs
A comment said:
He displayed a faith in humanity common to all of us who
travel in dangerous places and sometimes must entrust our lives to
strangers.
Speak for your bloody self. I have little to no faith in humanity and placing trust in strangers is about having a realistic appriasal of the situation, and a realization that their interests are NOT aligned with yours.
Humanity, including myself, is a bloody cesspool of selfish hypocritical, survival oriented instincts, some of which also accidentally or by design lead to situational cooperation and trust.
Placing blind trust is a way to get reamed, time and time again.
People like you and him get the suckers reputation, and that ain't the way to survive in these situs, except on the pity basis and I don't do business on the basis of pity.
Bloody hell. Common to all of us indeed.
However, I was entertained by the following from the linked article in the comment:
I suppose Mehdi felt compelled to push the two Anglos together. He said Mr. Nick was a regular who had been coming for weeks, and he seemed to enjoy shouting the American's name: "Mr. Nick, Mr. Nick, Mr. Nick," as if singing an Arabic melody. "Mr. Nick good, Mr. Nick very good."
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/637487341.html?MAC=765715adaf4ec871308735e39fdca4a3&did=637487341&FMT=FT&FMTS=FT&date=May+15%2C+2004&author=JAMIE+FRANCIS&printformat=&desc=A+jolting+awareness+that+I+crossed+paths+with+Nick+Berg
I may observe that the "Nick" in Arabic means "Fuck." (nik, to fuck, the sexual act only, not the expansive English sense).
Posted by The Lounsbury at May 16, 2004 10:36 AM
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