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My initial reaction to this question was, "... Duh. I pretty much think our society is run by hurtful words and lots of lying to people's faces." A negative reaction, yes, and I'm not saying everyone is a big fat liar, but if anyone responds to this blog saying they haven't said anything rude to anyone or done anything regretable ever is kidding themselves. In my 18 years of life I have said things that have hurt other people, and the post-rudeness feeling is not a good one. I've had things said to me or about me that have hurt me and I feel sort of hypocritical after I do the same to someone else. I'm generally a nice person, so when I say something mean or rude there is probably something else going on behind the scenes, or someone got me really riled up or something, but that's really no excuse and doesn't justify my actions. The moral here is that after being mean or rude or inconsiderate or whatever, I felt extremely guilty, which is not a fun thing to feel all day long! The guilty feeling is even worse when I hurt someone not related to me. When I say mean things to my relatives I feel like it's not as bad because it's like... their love is unconditional. Not always a true statement, but it should be, and it seems that way most of the time. So when I hurt someone that doesn't necessarily have to love me no matter what, I feel even worse about my actions.