Oceangod

I am a student of history. I study it religously and expand my mind from its many lessons. I read the words of Cicero and Caesar; Machiavelli and Jefferson; Dante and Aristotle; Homer and Horace.
I have read works from the heart, filled with beautiful love; works of profound thought and character; works of rage and vengence. I have read of the lives of men who ruled kingdoms when they were but children; men who reduced the armies of empires to skeletons bleaching in the sun, and of those who wept at the foot of statues because they were not as great; of men who loved and hated; and have heard the songs of arms and a man. I have thus come to these conclusions:

Organized religion is a farce, an institution for sheep
Respect for our elders is more important than your sense of justice (ie, respect your teachers, even if they're jerks)
Vegtarianism is for those who are too weak to accept that humans were designed as flesh eaters and that the cute animals do die horrific deaths (we have canine teeth, designed to tear flesh)
Worrying over that which is inevitable and unchangable is pointless
sometimes the decision which is morally right is not the best decision
the ideas, beliefs, and concepts of a culture are more important than the lives of its people. We are all expendable in the defense of our convictions.
Only through the study of the past can one predict the future.
Man chooses his own destiny depending on the choices he makes (the deeds we do in life echo in eternity)
All things exist for a purpose, even hate, greed and death.
The idea of paradise is boring.
James Joyce sniffed coke.
Boxers.
My name is not of importance, nor is my life, nor are any of yours. This is not to say you should kill yourself. Death is the choice of weaklings. Instead, remember these words and carry them with you for all time:

"It is not living which is important, but living rightly."
-Socrates
"Deception is the tool of the wise, implore it, use it as you would any other tool. But, use this tool in the name of righteousness, and bend evil forces to serve those which are right."
-Oceangod