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Ideals against reality

By Gil delos Santos I recently added a permanent text on my right arm that spells out "R E C I P R O C A T E" as personal outcry to combat the changing climate in society. Time had taught me to un-believe the efficiency of an old saying -- "Kill them with kindness" in as far as people relationships are concerned. Kindness these days becomes a bridge to the island of abuse...while tough-love is mostly perceived bad by the receiver that usually leads up to cause good-ties breakage. The cure is not retaliation but immediate reciprocity. Be the best to good acts in return but not to be too soft to those who take advantage that hurt feelings. No one deserves a guinea pig treatment for selfishness of others. More over, the thought of "instinct" as the rightful inner voice that saves people from misfortune fades out in my head like an ice melted in time that loses its useful sense. Instinct nowadays becomes a dramatic reason to exaggerate people's st...