When I look over some of my old posts from '05, I retch in disgust. Especially the ones where I absolutely ripped into anyone who so much as criticised Bruce D
ickinson. I'm far too embarrassed to resurrect any of them... was I really that much of a mentally imbalanced twat when I was 16-17?
It's quite normal for people to feel repulsed by facets of their 'foolish' past selves and former perspectives... what differs between people is the period of time over which this happens and how much they choose to retain over time. I know someone who'll probably hate everything he currently stands for in a year's time. It's the incremental growth approach to life vs the clean slate cyclic destruction approach. The difference for us forumers is that, regardless of approach, we have it all documented whether we like it or not
