In Responce to RoseKnight

Interesting blog... This is my take on it:

I was born into a very poor farming family, and my father was a violent alcoholic. To make things more interesting I also have ADHD and a couple other minor disorders. Needless to say my life has not been easy. Yet I don't complain, and don't wish to change what happened.

Do I wish things would have been different? The answer I have come to while pondering this very thing many a time, is no. My reason is very simple; I would not be who I am today if things had been different. Not that my childhood was exactly a fun time, but after going through it I have come to find out some things about myself that I value a great deal.

I am virtually fearless. After going through poverty, child abuse, and a few therapy sessions as a kid, what can life possibly through at me that I cant handle? Hence I do not worry about too much in my day to day. I also do not succumb to peer pressure very easily because after trying to please my father for several years, and not being able to no matter what I achieved, I have found it very easy to just do what makes me happy with myself. I don't feel much of a need to impress other people. I would be very diferent if I went through an easier time. Those are just a couple brief examples of how my past has effected me. It comes down to this; I like who I am now, and I wouldn't want to change my the experiences that made me the way I am.

Batman would not be batman if his parents had not been killed. I think he enjoys the way the angst and anger fuels him when he is out doing his vigilante work. I can relate to that 100%. I don't think anger is always a bad thing, its excellent fuel for determination.

Dr. Manhattan on the other hand, I don't really understand him. Yet isn't that the point of Doctor Manhattan? He is so far removed from humanity that he doesn't relate, or make since to humans. I think his isolationism was just a metaphor perhaps, for how humanity is lost in times of war. I don't know, you would have to ask Al lol.
(Proud of myself, got to say lol in a collegiate document)

I think the grand question to ask oneself when contemplating this question is this:
Would you change who you are to make life easier?
I would not, and I don't think many people would. There is probably even a term that describes this psychological phenomena. Ill ask Nevitt.