Tuesday, May 10, 2005
What is true evil? The inherent nature in all of mankind. That which some struggle to fight against and others succumb to with all their heart. As the ages pass the line between good and evil has become so thin that it has camouflaged itself in the garbs of doing good. To some, killing someone in the name of good might be the right thing to do but to others, killing by any other name is still killing. Beating up a child may be justified by saying that it is done in the name of discipline but others might view it as abuse.

And so doing good is now a matter of perspective. In some countries drugs are legal but others they deem it illegal. Laws in different countries are overated. Laws are not necessarily the way and the path to goodness. They are but a set of rules which are defined by the government to control the mass. The mass follows and the country moves forward like a well oiled engine. Dare i say the same thing about religion. The thing about rules and laws is that they are just a guide. To follow them thru to the end without questioning what is right or wrong is just to follow words blindly.

Can good exist without evil or vice versa? It has never proven to be so. When a country is at peace, there always happens to be some people who wish to 'improve its standing point' ( human progress they call it) and to do that, at least a little turmoil is required. Such as a scandal, a terrorist threat or a war. Creating such turmoil, often brings people together and stand agianst a common threat. Like the anti-bodies in our bodies that come together to repel virus attacks on our systems, we in turn stand together against an enemy who we term evil. But if the tables were turned, our 'enemies' would see us as the enemies.

Perhaps there is no such thing as evil. Perhaps evil is but a term that clouds the true reason for human self destruction.. a reason called fear. For was it not fear for their own lives and the lives of others that makes us want to win a fight? Or fear for the loss of money? Or the loss of love? It was fear of the dark that made man stand gaurd at thing aginast things that might creep out and take them in their sleep. It was fear of witches that caused people to burn innocent people whom they only suspect of being true witches... in fact it was for fear of the unknown that led them to burn witches in the first place! It might even be said that the entire human civilization was built on fear.

Perhaps the same can be said for good as well for if not for fear of losing someone we hold dearly would we fight so hard to protect? Would not a man go all out to keep his loved one close if he feared losing her?

Is fear the only driving factor behind all of man's emotions? Behind good and evil?... i don't claim to know it all... but perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
-Talon faced death at 9:29 AM

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