Recently, I parked my bike at the Intervarsity office of UT while practicing for an event there. When I came out, both my brake lever and handlebar had been bent. I am pretty frustrated still - for one, it takes one hell of a big impact to a bike to do that, and for the guys who did it to just f*cking walk away is kinda pissing me off. Two, I am a bit pissed that this happened at a college Intervarsity office - a Christian fellowship.
I'm reminded of quite a few times this has happened, and I'm trying to figure out if it's a college Christian or just a college thing, but while most of the Christian college students I know are amazing passionate and motivated, they can be a little careless. I speak from my own personal experiences too; I am, (and was much more in my college days) an inconsiderate and careless person like this.
I'm not going to have any big sociological religious explanations for their behavior (it'd probably be a stretch anyways), but I'm reminded of that verse - don't throw your pearls before swine, translated by Wikipedia as "don't put things in front of people who don't appreciate their value".
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I'd be pretty ticked too. Sometimes I think I fall on the opposite side of the spectrum: I'm so cynical of peoples' carelessness and indifference towards others that I just don't trust them with much. The exception being, of course, people I already know.
If only there were a way to live in a big city but still have that small-town feel where reputation and community helped keep people honest. :sigh:
How do you know the perpetrators were Christians who had anything to do with InterVarsity? Couldn't they have been random passersby with a lust for wanton destruction?
I mean, the bike was inside the office building, up a flight of stairs. Random passerbys probably wouldn't have taken the trouble. There was a group moving sound equipment upstairs, so I'm guessing it was probably bumped then.
Also, is this Duke/IV Nick?
Oh, I see. :( Yeah, that is pretty careless and possibly dishonest of whoever was responsible. Bummer, Jesse!
Yep, this is Duke/IV Nick. I read your blog. Surprise!
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