{"id":1076,"date":"2011-08-31T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/08\/31\/closure\/"},"modified":"2011-08-31T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:12:24","slug":"closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2011\/08\/31\/closure","title":{"rendered":"Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s amusing that I’m reading the Song of Ice and Fire<\/em> series – because one of the prominent houses has this saying:<\/p>\n

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A Lannister always pays his debts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The saying had always struck a chord in me – possibly because of its clear ambiguity (how’s that for an oxymoron?). To me the saying is a nice summary of how I usually live my life. To me, everything is relative… but I do pay my dues.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

I’m not a “good” person – to be sure. Altruism was never a concept that appealed to me – that’s why I never fully bought the “morality” that Religion tries to instill on its followers. Still, if I did something “wrong,” (to whatever standard) I make up for it. If not directly, in some other form. Whatever the case may be, I do<\/strong> pay my debts.<\/p>\n

I may be proud, proud enough to engage in heated debate to prove myself right – even if it’s just for sport. Sometimes it’s simply because I end up being right, other times its simply because the things I claim haven’t been proven otherwise. 1 <\/sup><\/a>Again, if your “proof” is simply based on what ought to be instead of what really, truly is – then you’re at a disadvantage when debating with me<\/span><\/span>