Comment by mythee

Oh man, Sev. Xira just rescued his butt -and- lost a finger to you, now's not the time :C

This reminds me of when someone told me something like 'smart people get a kick out of manipulating others, it's part of their nature to seek intellectual stimulation and they get it out of using that intelligence to manipulate others'

Honestly... what?! So, some people are better at influencing the decisions and opinions of others, but does that mean they have to have a selfish motive in mind? Heck no. If an activist is intelligent and very successful at maneuvering people of all kinds of interests to be more mindful of the environment, does this manipulation have to be self-serving, only for stimulation and evil? Nah to me it looks like they're just trying to help to the best of their abilities.

If someone's good at manipulating others and doesn't employ that skill to maneuver someone out of self-harm, wouldn't that apathy be way worse. :C