I deserve to go to hell.
When I was a kid I used to regularly play a game with my Down’s Syndrome cousin who lived a few blocks away.

The game was ‘Swapping Money’. This entailed me convincing him that copper coins were worth a lot, and the silver and gold ones were relatively worthless. I told him it was a secret and he couldn’t tell anyone.

So I used to top up my meagre but ample pocket money with pound coins and fifty pences whilst he revelled in having loads of low denomination coins. After a few months of this however the parents got involved and I was in a lot of trouble and my pocket money was paid directly to him by my parents. At the time I resented my cousin for having told his parents and breaking the secret but I realise now that he was such a poor trusting soul that his parents must have just asked him about where his money was going.

I felt really bad about it then and still do now especially as my cousin passed away a few years later. I give a portion of my salary to Down’s Heart Group but it’s still not enough. I don’t think I will ever feel good about what I did and I probably deserve to go to hell.

*penitent*
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 17:11, 3 replies)

kids
you're not who you become when you're a kid. Money is good -> I'm smarter than this other kid -> I can get their money. You're not smart enough to understand the consequences of your actions at that age though.

The only thing that makes people scum is either an inability to see things from another's point of view, or an ability to do so and regardless not care. That's clearly not true of you.
( djtrialprice, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 17:40, closed)

Since you feel bad about it...
...I'm sure you'll be fine.

I've got to say that the story made me feel a little really uncomfortable though. Poor little so-and-so.

On the other hand, most human financial successes are based on fucking over someone who doesn't/can't know any better. So at least you'll have the heads of most banks to keep you company as you all burn in a lake of sulphur.

I'll be there with you, doing Satan's IT.

::edit:: In case you're wondering? Yeah - VAX/VMS.
(Guizmeaux, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 17:43, closed)

My elder brother...
... did the same to me when I was a tot. Bastard. I don't have downs tho - just a bit guillable.
( DUMBLONDE is a rubber lover girl, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 17:53, closed)