Confessions of a young mind

me | 07/02/03 | 4mycountry

[4mycountry]

To all who post on FreeRepublic,

I believe the time has come to speak to you on a matter that what I feel is greatly important.

I have been on FR, posting since a week after the September 11th attacks. And..... at that time..... I was 11. I am 13 now. You may have thought I was a grown adult, with a family and kids. Nope. Never happened.

I thought that no one would accept me here, being a kid...no one would take me seriously or respect my opion, or want to hear it, for that matter. Alot of kids have their brain melting inside their head. So, I made up an adult me, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. It was fine, all fine.

But truthfully, it's been on my mind since the day I signed up, and now I'm coming clean. I'm so sorry to all of you, and I may have hurt a few people just now. Once again, I'm truly sorry for all the trouble I've caused.

I specifically want to apologize to:

-Jim Robinson. Sir, I am sorry for what I've done. I've broken the rules like a total idiot. If I wanted respect I should have shown it, and I utterly failed to do so. If you feel I must be banned from here, I understand 100%. Go ahead if you wish. But, if you can find it in your heart-of-hearts to forgive me, I will be forever grateful to you, and will be 100% honest from now on.

-The AdminModerator. Everything I said to Jim Robinson goes for you as well. I am deeply sorry for all that I've done.

-Zavien Doombringer and the other Viking Kitties. I've worked along side you fellows in ZOTing trolls, yet I very well could be considered a troll myself. I've led you to believe that I was a grown man, when really I'm just a teenager. You have all been wonderful to me, and I'm sorry for the toes I'm stepping on and the feelings I'm hurting. My apologies to all of you.

And now, my apology to all the FReepers out there:

I'm going to be blunt. I'm a jerk, a lousy coward, and a liar. I've been crooked about my entire self for the past 2 years. I apologize to all of FR for what I've done, even though none of you really knew about it. Still, that's no excuse. I apologize to everyone.

Again, if you feel banning is the appropriate measure, than by all means, ban me. I deserve it. But if you can forgive me and my arrogance, I would be totally grateful, and I won't live this lie again, not here, not anywhere.

Thank you all for your time, and the past 2 years that you have given me.

Sincerely yours, 4mycountry

[GOPcapitalist]

Not to worry - I saved a copy of the transcript for posterity =)

[SarahW]

4my announced she had a deceptive profile. Not me.

[Sloth]

That could just mean that 4my has a conscience, and that you don't. Prove otherwise.

[4mycountry]

New profile page.

[4mycountry]

Might want to take a look at my profile page.

[Constitution Day]

Not to worry - I saved a copy of the transcript for posterity =)

Excellent.

[MattAMiller]

I'm just happy to see a 13-year-old who uses proper punctuation and capitalization.

[4mycountry]

So post it!!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Hate to tell you....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/927614/posts?page=1172#1172

He's over there right now talking about antebellum southern farm debt...

[4mycountry]

Mom is very strict on that. ^.^

In fact, she hates when I get vey series. She makes a hugh fit.

[Southron Patriot]

ARGHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maelstrom]

Your fear is understandable.

However, we are not your parents, and were you 8 or 48 if you said something stupid, we would have considered it not so much your fault as one of public education.

Truthfully, some adults never mature past the age of 10. Their attitudes, actions, and thought processes are distinctly identifiable. Watch out for them...they are the people who will be upset about being "fooled" by your age.

You're on the internet. It's a fantastic equalizer. Were you not young, but "Black", or Jewish, Asian, or the product of two cousins in the Ozaarks, your words and thoughts will not reveal it...but instead cut to the real you. The person residing within your current shell of flesh and bone.

We welcome you with open arms.

[4mycountry]

>>>However, we are not your parents, and were you 8 or 48 if you said something stupid, we would have considered it not so much your fault as one of public education.

Don't say that, I'm homeschooled!!

Seriously though, thank you.

[4mycountry]

He was only on temporary suspention.

[SarahW]

I don't think the reward for lying ought to be complete trust. Catch me in a lie, or if I confess one, I think you are entitled to question my integrity.

I generally try to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Obviously you resent my doubts about the motivations/and or proper supervision of 4my. They were, however, earned.

[SarahW]

In any case, that's a terrific page, one I'd approve for my own son.

[Sloth]

I never said I was male, that was assumed. I lied about my age, but I never said anything about gender; if I did, I don't remember it.

Actually, I found this:

Posted by 4mycountry to Labyrinthos On News/Activism ^ 06/21/2003 8:26 AM CDT #10 of 22 ^

Texas here.

It just brought back memories of loooooong ago when I was young and went to a family reunion and liked a girl who was the friend of a relative. I just hope no one remembers...

So unless you're a 13-year-old hardcore conservative *lesbian*, you did indicate that you were male. But I can see where, once you were already a long time into the deception, you'd get in a habit of adapting your statements to mesh with other people's conceptions concerning your gender, even if you never stated it to begin with.

[ricpic]

"There are people here who are 40 or 50 years old who are pretending to be grown adults."

I'm a grown adult. I swear I am. I am I am I am.

[spodefly]

What we haven't discussed regarding 4mycountry is how SWEET it is that WhiskeyPompous got booted due to the tenacity of a 13 year old!

If 4my got Wlat booted, then I believe she should be rewarded with a free lifetime pass to FR.

PS: I would love to see the thread where that happened ...

[HitmanLV]

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a phony, myself. I have always told women anything they want to hear in order to get over on them. I've been doing it for longer than you have been alive!

And look how good I turned out! :-)