Old enough to know better
My son learned that lying was not cool....when he was a wee lad
yes, of course we should all be old enough to know better. having reread his 'posting', the info that he seemed to be a young man currently facing the realities of life seem to make me reconsider my harder stance. and i am not defending anyone but the context of lying makes a difference. and lying is cool at times
- i lie to my co-workers, boss or clients sometimes. times when i feel like crap and they ask me 'how are things?', and especially my boss who likes to go around saying 'feeling good?' and expecting a positive reply everytime fucckkkkkkk. imho speaking the truth is overrated actually, sometimes half truths will do even better,
depending on your intentions. i wish i lied to my late mum when she came back from the hairdresser years ago when i was younger, and she asked me what i thought. i didn't like her new hairstyle and i told her so. years has passed, and i still remember the slightly hurtful look in her face as she turned
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what i'm trying to say is while he didnt do full disclosure, one thing is he did not lie to steal, no intention to use FC to scam. iro the MW the people had no 'lifetime warranty' but a business can close down anytime. many vapes manufacturers could just disappear, like the PD. even the vxc cloud was close to shutting down but SM persisted, and with additional funding and variance in warranty terms. taylor didn't steal but our issue with his 'crime' is for not owning up to his past history/failures and dealing with the consequence
gracefully.
if i read the history correctly, those early venture was his 1st for the young man, sometimes people make mistakes and things snowball (again this is no defence). So in this case, age would make a difference to me at least, maybe i am just less cynical these days and would like to think that sometimes (young) people need an event like this to shake them up, in a good way. i think that sometimes character is built upon failure & mistakes, not success. and belatedly, forced or not, he has ome out & apologized and seem to be genuinely interested in a chance to redeem himself.
i haven't had the history as some of you old timers' here so maybe i don't feel so wronged. i just saw a great concept for a vape, and now learnt it's from a young creative person who fucked up along the way; we know that he can create vapes but maybe he's finally understood that he's got to go beyond that, and create trust as well.
i like the "peace & love" vibe about ganja, and i'm currently feeling the love now. in my current state of mind, and in another time and place, taylor could be one of our lost brother, the creative but stubborn, sometimes foolish one who had to learn life's lessons the hard way. best learn them while he's young, i say.
i'm looking forward to the reviews.