Post by Adam Knite on Aug 5, 2009 10:45:32 GMT -6
..::Some people really are pathetic, blind to the obvious facts that are looking them in the face. They see the truth, they know the truth, they just refuse to believe it, refuse to accept it because they want to hold on to their idiotic idea of “hope”. Hope that maybe what they’re seeing isn’t the truth? Hope that maybe if they really, really believe hard enough then the reality they see before them will be a bad dream.
This fantasy they’ve built around themselves guarding from the truth is what keeps them going, this little speck of doubt is driving them to do stupid and mindless things all for the pursuit of something that they’ll never achieve. Try has hard as you may but no amount of evidence will convince them that what they believe isn’t real, that what they believe is nothing more than a world twisted by their imaginations.
Why do they act this way, why do they refuse to open their minds? It’s because that’s all they have. It’s the only thing in this life that keeps them going. They don’t want to know the truth because it would mean giving up their deepest desires. One has to have it, it drives them, consumes them. They don’t care if their holding on the fleeting glimmer of light, they just want to believe.
Hide from the truth, go ahead and curl up in your little hole, bury your head in the sand. I don’t care. But let me tell you right now, if there is one thing in this life that you can believe it, that you can put all your faith and trust into… it’s Adam Knite::..
A king’s power goes only as far as they people will allow. A king is but one man, who somehow controls an entire kingdom. You know why? It’s because the “subjects” allow it. It’s because they want to be led, they want a leader with power who can represent them in the darkest of times. The “subjects” only gripe and complain because that’s only the nature of man, to never be truly content. They may mumble under their breath, about heir unhappiness, but deep down they know the truth, that they couldn’t survive without their king.
So Bates… please stop being so naive. Do you not know how I got to where I am today? Do you not know how this throne became mine? It’s because you little specs didn’t have enough cohonies to step up and defend yourselves. Nobody had the guts to rise to the occasion and put a stop to what I was doing. For months I begged you ingrates to grab your torches to raise your swords and fight… and you did nothing! You couldn’t bring yourselves to strike me down, none of you could. You thought everything was just going to work itself out.
I had to ask myself… “why”? Why did they let me run all over this place, allow me to do whatever my heart desired? Then one day, it finally hit me, it dawned on me. When Lance and I started the Revolution we had no intentions of “taking over” we wanted to be stopped, we wanted to nCw rise up and fight for the right to exist… we were puzzled why nobody would and that’s it hit me at that moment I knew what I had to do. nCw didn’t need a “threat” it had seen and lived through “threats” before. It didn’t need a force talking about bringing down the walls, what nCw needed…. Was a king. A tyrant to stand above them and look down from his throne, somebody who the masses could point at and say “there’s our king”. It’s what all of you wanted, it’s what all of you needed.
So you look at me and believe the people are going to break their shackles and end my reign? They are going to revolt and destroy my kingdom? Yet… .it was “the people” who put me here. By their inactions, I was allowed to rise to power, by their unwillingness I was able to take everything and claim it as mine. A King rules because his subjects allow him to, what’s a king compared to his thousands upon thousands of subjects… see there is very little a King could do to stop a mass of people who are against him. Look at the French Revolution, the king was powerless to stop the people he was supposed to be in control of because they had grown unhappy and disheartened. That’s not the case here Bates, because none of you are disheartened by me, none of you look at me and see somebody who must be removed from power to enable nCw to grow… nCw has grown ten fold since I started my journey to the crown.
See, I was the one leading the revolt against the establishment; I was the one who dared to dream of something different. I was the Revolution and you people allowed the former king to be beheaded. Your inactions spoke for you, you wanted something to be done, you demanded change and I gave you that. I gave each and every one of you the will to dream big again. You don’t have to live under the thumb of “The Empire”, “Social Distortion” or “Social Enemies” any more…. Because of me. Is that not everything what you wanted? To be set free? I allowed that… Adam Knite gave that to you.
So if you want to blame somebody….. Blame yourself… without the likes of you…. I wouldn’t be here today, take some responsibility instead of just pointing your grubby little finger. So please come, come correct you, and the people like you’s mistake, come and take my power away… or should I say.. “try”, because it’s not going to happen, you and all the others put me in this throne, you and all of your “friends” allowed this rise to power and now I’m just doing what all of you wanted. You won’t take this away from me, not now.
You put me here. nCw needed somebody so “evil” and so powerful so it could rally together for. You need me to be the target of your aggressions. You wanted a monster to hate, you wanted a king to rule over you, and now you have one. I am everything you foolish little sheep need, I am the alpha and the omega of all of your dreams, hopes, and desires. You couldn’t live without me, if I was no longer around to be the lighting rod for your hate, none of you would know what to do with yourselves. Those are the facts Bates, that’s the truth of this situation, all of you, everybody who is coming at me now.. “the people” are the ones who gave me this power…… open your eyes.
It’s often said that there are two types of people in this world, the type who dares to be different and the type who is content on being the same. I’ve always been the one who to stand out, to proclaim my difference… to go against the flow of the river. That’s why everybody looked to me for guidance, looked to me as a ray of hope in the darkest of nCw’s days. The ones who are different, who have bigger ambitions become the shepherds, and ones who know nothing but being complacent become their sheep.
Yet here we have Bates however, still refusing to believe that he and ones such as himself are the what pushed me this point. They are the ones who gave me the will to keep going with the Revolution. Looking at their content faces, happy with the fog that was surrounding them, I had to show them the light, show them my ray of hope.
So they all stood back while I took this company in my hands, they all sat back and watched as I was in total control, because that’s what they wanted, no that’s what they needed. They needed to be led, like a Shepard with his flock, they craved for guidance and a leader. I am that Shepard, I am the one in control now, and it’s all thanks to my little lambs who had no desire to be wolves in the fight.
Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.
I have a responsibility before me Bates. I have to lead you sheep on the right path, I have to make sure before my time comes all of you mindless drones are ready to be without me. Clearly, you are not as you keep refusing to believe in the simplest little truths. It’s painfully clear that I still have more to accomplish, none of you are ready to strke on without my rule. None of you are prepared to face the harsh realities without my cloack to shelter you from the storm.
That’s why I won’t lose… because deep down, you know you need me. Deep down you know that Adam Knite is what’s best for this company and deep down…. Deep into your heart you know that you are not ready for that burden. Just ask yourself Bates? Are you ready to lead this flock, are you ready to rule over these sheep? We both know the answer Kristoff, we both know that you’re still a sheep….. so get back in line.
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. - Northrop Frye
This fantasy they’ve built around themselves guarding from the truth is what keeps them going, this little speck of doubt is driving them to do stupid and mindless things all for the pursuit of something that they’ll never achieve. Try has hard as you may but no amount of evidence will convince them that what they believe isn’t real, that what they believe is nothing more than a world twisted by their imaginations.
Why do they act this way, why do they refuse to open their minds? It’s because that’s all they have. It’s the only thing in this life that keeps them going. They don’t want to know the truth because it would mean giving up their deepest desires. One has to have it, it drives them, consumes them. They don’t care if their holding on the fleeting glimmer of light, they just want to believe.
Hide from the truth, go ahead and curl up in your little hole, bury your head in the sand. I don’t care. But let me tell you right now, if there is one thing in this life that you can believe it, that you can put all your faith and trust into… it’s Adam Knite::..
A king’s power goes only as far as they people will allow. A king is but one man, who somehow controls an entire kingdom. You know why? It’s because the “subjects” allow it. It’s because they want to be led, they want a leader with power who can represent them in the darkest of times. The “subjects” only gripe and complain because that’s only the nature of man, to never be truly content. They may mumble under their breath, about heir unhappiness, but deep down they know the truth, that they couldn’t survive without their king.
So Bates… please stop being so naive. Do you not know how I got to where I am today? Do you not know how this throne became mine? It’s because you little specs didn’t have enough cohonies to step up and defend yourselves. Nobody had the guts to rise to the occasion and put a stop to what I was doing. For months I begged you ingrates to grab your torches to raise your swords and fight… and you did nothing! You couldn’t bring yourselves to strike me down, none of you could. You thought everything was just going to work itself out.
I had to ask myself… “why”? Why did they let me run all over this place, allow me to do whatever my heart desired? Then one day, it finally hit me, it dawned on me. When Lance and I started the Revolution we had no intentions of “taking over” we wanted to be stopped, we wanted to nCw rise up and fight for the right to exist… we were puzzled why nobody would and that’s it hit me at that moment I knew what I had to do. nCw didn’t need a “threat” it had seen and lived through “threats” before. It didn’t need a force talking about bringing down the walls, what nCw needed…. Was a king. A tyrant to stand above them and look down from his throne, somebody who the masses could point at and say “there’s our king”. It’s what all of you wanted, it’s what all of you needed.
So you look at me and believe the people are going to break their shackles and end my reign? They are going to revolt and destroy my kingdom? Yet… .it was “the people” who put me here. By their inactions, I was allowed to rise to power, by their unwillingness I was able to take everything and claim it as mine. A King rules because his subjects allow him to, what’s a king compared to his thousands upon thousands of subjects… see there is very little a King could do to stop a mass of people who are against him. Look at the French Revolution, the king was powerless to stop the people he was supposed to be in control of because they had grown unhappy and disheartened. That’s not the case here Bates, because none of you are disheartened by me, none of you look at me and see somebody who must be removed from power to enable nCw to grow… nCw has grown ten fold since I started my journey to the crown.
See, I was the one leading the revolt against the establishment; I was the one who dared to dream of something different. I was the Revolution and you people allowed the former king to be beheaded. Your inactions spoke for you, you wanted something to be done, you demanded change and I gave you that. I gave each and every one of you the will to dream big again. You don’t have to live under the thumb of “The Empire”, “Social Distortion” or “Social Enemies” any more…. Because of me. Is that not everything what you wanted? To be set free? I allowed that… Adam Knite gave that to you.
So if you want to blame somebody….. Blame yourself… without the likes of you…. I wouldn’t be here today, take some responsibility instead of just pointing your grubby little finger. So please come, come correct you, and the people like you’s mistake, come and take my power away… or should I say.. “try”, because it’s not going to happen, you and all the others put me in this throne, you and all of your “friends” allowed this rise to power and now I’m just doing what all of you wanted. You won’t take this away from me, not now.
You put me here. nCw needed somebody so “evil” and so powerful so it could rally together for. You need me to be the target of your aggressions. You wanted a monster to hate, you wanted a king to rule over you, and now you have one. I am everything you foolish little sheep need, I am the alpha and the omega of all of your dreams, hopes, and desires. You couldn’t live without me, if I was no longer around to be the lighting rod for your hate, none of you would know what to do with yourselves. Those are the facts Bates, that’s the truth of this situation, all of you, everybody who is coming at me now.. “the people” are the ones who gave me this power…… open your eyes.
It’s often said that there are two types of people in this world, the type who dares to be different and the type who is content on being the same. I’ve always been the one who to stand out, to proclaim my difference… to go against the flow of the river. That’s why everybody looked to me for guidance, looked to me as a ray of hope in the darkest of nCw’s days. The ones who are different, who have bigger ambitions become the shepherds, and ones who know nothing but being complacent become their sheep.
Yet here we have Bates however, still refusing to believe that he and ones such as himself are the what pushed me this point. They are the ones who gave me the will to keep going with the Revolution. Looking at their content faces, happy with the fog that was surrounding them, I had to show them the light, show them my ray of hope.
So they all stood back while I took this company in my hands, they all sat back and watched as I was in total control, because that’s what they wanted, no that’s what they needed. They needed to be led, like a Shepard with his flock, they craved for guidance and a leader. I am that Shepard, I am the one in control now, and it’s all thanks to my little lambs who had no desire to be wolves in the fight.
Too many leaders act as if the sheep... their people... are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.
I have a responsibility before me Bates. I have to lead you sheep on the right path, I have to make sure before my time comes all of you mindless drones are ready to be without me. Clearly, you are not as you keep refusing to believe in the simplest little truths. It’s painfully clear that I still have more to accomplish, none of you are ready to strke on without my rule. None of you are prepared to face the harsh realities without my cloack to shelter you from the storm.
That’s why I won’t lose… because deep down, you know you need me. Deep down you know that Adam Knite is what’s best for this company and deep down…. Deep into your heart you know that you are not ready for that burden. Just ask yourself Bates? Are you ready to lead this flock, are you ready to rule over these sheep? We both know the answer Kristoff, we both know that you’re still a sheep….. so get back in line.
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. - Northrop Frye