Save, Kill - Kill, Save

Takeuchi Rio: (thought) "No way! I've fallen right into Otouto-san's plan?!"
Narumi Ayumu: "You couldn't read it? That must be it. You've given priority to kill me. And I've given priority to save her. There lies the difference."
-Spiral ~Suiri no Kizuna~ Volume 04, Chapter 19: "All You Can Do"-

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Thoughts:
Killing is an act of desperation.
You fight to bring someone else down instead of surpassing him/her/himher/it.
You fight to make someone else lose instead of aiming to win. Granted, you will have to defeat people to win against them, but actions are always stronger when based on positively-oriented verbs (i.e. win, save, surpass).
Recognizing this is the key to gaining satisfaction in your achievements and living a happy and contented life.

Cynical Thoughts:
That is nothing but turning a blind eye to the dark side of reality.
It's like saying, "On your way up the ladder of the human race, count not the faces you step on, but the number of steps you take."
~Which, in the end, are equal, equivalent, and, well, the same.
So the concept of always keeping in mind positively-oriented verbs for the rainy days is similar to the concept people use to come up with terms such as: Special Child, Differently-Abled, and, the most uplifiting of them all, Vertically Challenged.
There is nothing to better slap people's faces with than names which reek of everyone's pity (not sympathy) for them.
Having to resort to such names means that one does not acknowledge the object of the term as his/her equal, as a fellow human being.

More Thoughts:
This quote can be pretty inspiring especially when you're caught up in the events of the manga and Ayumu's manga coolness.
But we must always remember that there is always a darker way of looking at everything.
I think it is best to evaluate or talk about quotes and other things once you're over that unconditional awe/opposite-of-awe you experience right after your encounter with that particular object/event/etc.
Like I said, talking about water you're in only leads to fishy-fish air bubbles.
And unless you can show me you can talk to your fish, I don't think I'll change my mind.
Plus, it's always more fun to talk about something when you're already capable of looking at it from different angles.
A nice analogy for a contrary situation to the above would be talking about a fishbowl while you're in it.
So, I guess the best choice is to accept both the dark and bright sides of stuff. You can always aim to save while keeping in mind that in doing so, it is likely that you will have to kill.
Also, killing an ant isn't exactly desperation, right? But using the word "save" does have its advantages.

End Thoughts:
But, we are always subject to emotions, so, uh, whatever. :P

Moral:
Better to save Cadbury and Nori-Flavored Potato Chips than positively-oriented verbs for the rainy days.

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Disclaimer(s), etc:

1. Not claiming what isn't mine.
2. The life of an ant is hard.
3. But we can always drop bits of Nori Potato Chips to help them a bit.
4. And crush them without mercy at the moment they touch us or our precious food or our unattached appendages (I consider my laptop keyboard and mouse to be unattached appendages).
5. Moji-me is working!! It isnt asleep anymore, nyahaha. Weird that it thinks I'm bored though. Oh well. It's cute. XD