Re: [OT] Re-do question

"Gracecat" <gracecat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "CatNipped" <lcrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > OK, I know everyone would like the chance to go back and do some things
> > differently, knowing what we know now. My question is, how far back
would
> > you go? What pivotal point in your life would you like to start from?
>
>
> I've thought about this. Obviously, I'd change that morning of the
accident
> but... maybe not.
>
> Fact of the matter is, you have no idea if you prevent one horrible
> situation another won't replace it. If Eve hadn't died when she did, then
> who's to say she wouldn't have squealed loudly when we drove to an
> intersection, diverted my attention and I pulled out in front of an 18
> wheeler killing us all.
>
> What if Jeffery Dahmer had been a SIDS baby.... or died in a drunk
driving
> accident when he was 12.
>
> Things like that can go on and on. I wouldn't mess with history, there's
no
> telling what good or evil would come of it.
>
> Grace

That made me think of the movie "The Butterfly Effect" (which, BTW, I
*don't* recommend - it's thought provoking, but *WAY* over the top in
graphic violence, and the depiction of pedophilia was too much for me).

But yes, you're right, and this is something humans have considered before
(remember "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs written in 1902?). Be careful
what you wish for, you just may get it. If it's a case of the devil I know
vs. the devil I don't, well, I'm not a gambler.

Hugs,

CatNipped


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