May. 18th, 2003
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May. 18th, 2003 12:32 pmWhat purpose does guilt serve? I don't quite understand it; from whence it comes, what it does, why it's around. And yet, it seems pretty universal, if in differing degrees. Even those who don't appear to feel it themselves know what it is, and how it works (at least in others). Someone vaguely important sounding once said, "Guilt is the only useless human emotion" (sorry, my referentiality is not such that I can name drop with ease; a gold star to anyone who cares to identify its source for me), but I'm not sure if I believe that one just yet, probably because I don't think I understand guilt well enough.