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Public News Post #1426

Your utter lack of comprehension

Written by: Alaron Laurn
Date: Saturday, October 25th, 2003
Addressed to: Little Sparrow, Sensei Ele De'vyen, Acolyte of Knowledge


You claim that the people that support Evil are all selfish, lazy,
stubborn beings who cant seem to distinguish right from wrong. I ma'am
strongly disagree with everything in that statement. First off if we of
the evil alignment were all lazy, why would we even bother with
landmarks? Why bother doing anything if we are as lazy as you claim?

Secondly, you state that all that we as supporters of evil do is
motivated by selfish desires. Excuse me if I find the hypocrisy of that
statement laughable. Anything everyone does is motivated by self
interest, or else they wouldnt do it. If you are attacked, are you
selfless enough to let the other person kill you so they may increase in
power? I highly doubt it. No you defend yourself because you value your
life higher than that of your adversary. Everything you do is motivated
by self-interest, you protect others because it makes you feel good, you
work towards a goal because it gives you a sense of accomplishment. I do
what I do because it makes me feel good, I work towards what I work
towards because it gives me a sense of accomplishment. So dont bother
trying to say everything you do is completely selfless, because we both
know that you do what you do for your own reasons.

Finally, you claim that those who side with Evil do not know right from
wrong, do not have a 'moral compass'. If you had ever bothered having an
intelligent conversation with some one you would realize this just isnt
true. We obviously know right from wrong or else we wouldnt choose to be
evil! You see everything you do in life is a choice, motivated by self
interest, by weighing the consequences and choosing the path that is
right for you. Those who fight for Good aren't necessarly better people
than those who fight for Evil, they just believe in a different set of
values. I know people on both sides who do things that no one should be
proud of. Besides, if we didnt know right from wrong why arent we just
out there killing people at random? If we cant distinguish good from
bad, how do we know that we are evil, or what it takes to be evil?

So as you see Ele, your complete argument is flawed. You dont seem to
understand people, and therefore you cant fully grasp the concepts of
Good or Evil. In parting I leave you a story to ponder upon.

A man and his child are being chased by a goblin. They come to an
alleyway and the father hears footsteps behind him and on impulse turns
and throws a knife at, what he thinks is the goblin, but turns out to be
a city guard. Simultaneously, the child had wandered further down the
alley and while the father's attention was distracted the goblin kills
the child. Now is what the father did evil or good? He killed a
completely innocent man who wished to help with the best of intentions.
While his child was still killed by the goblin, so.. who was good and
who was evil in this situation?

Alaron Laurn

Penned by my hand on the 20th of Midautumn, in the year 112 MA.


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