"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's so much evil in this world (the UK rapes scandal which implicated countless men comes to mind [1]) that simply by being not evil and by denouncing evil you're already way better than many.
Doing no harm to anyone is being good enough.
The absolute worst, to me, are those who always seek to pardon evil. For example those who look for excuses to explain the behavior of child rapists and why we should give them a second chance etc.
These people, who pretend to be good, are actually complicit of the pure evil that exists and persists on earth.
Compassion, when it comes at the expense of victims, becomes evil.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There's so much evil in this world (the UK rapes scandal which implicated countless men comes to mind [1]) that simply by being not evil and by denouncing evil you're already way better than many.
Doing no harm to anyone is being good enough.
The absolute worst, to me, are those who always seek to pardon evil. For example those who look for excuses to explain the behavior of child rapists and why we should give them a second chance etc.
These people, who pretend to be good, are actually complicit of the pure evil that exists and persists on earth.
Compassion, when it comes at the expense of victims, becomes evil.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...