If It's To Be...It's Up To ME

Lately (well, actually forever) there has been a lot of talk about shady
business practices on forums, off forums, wherever. You've heard them all,
from hidden forced continuity to brazenly having members pimp your products
through transparent NLP techniques even I could see through.

And we get angrier and angrier with each infraction and wonder why the
planet has gone to hell in a hand basket.

Well, if you don't like the state of the planet, the country you live in or
the forum you frequent, then it's up to YOU to change it.

If I want change, I have to bring it about. I have to do MY part to be the
best person that I can be and not lower myself to the level of the bottom
feeders and slime bags.

If we all do that...if we all walk the narrow path, then if nothing else, it
means less of the vermin that infects our lives. But once we cave in and
say, "What the heck? I'll promote his spammy product" or whatever they're
sucking us into, then we're just part of the problem.

It takes two people to make a problem. A drug dealer can't make any money
if he doesn't have addicts to sell to.

Well, a slimy IMer can't make money if nobody buys his slimy products or
accepts his slimy way of promotion.

If it's to be...it's up to ME.

In other words...unless you can't find a solution for the problem and become
a part of the solution, then bitching about the problem is as futile as
pouring lighter fluid on a burning home and expecting it to go out.

If it's to be...it's up to ME.