Do I believe in good and evil? Sure.
Do I believe that someone can be completely purely evil? No, probably not, with possibly only a few exceptions.
There is no doubt in my mind that there are people in this world, fictional and realistic alike, that commit evil acts everyday, if Osama Bin Laden is any evidence. He may just be that one exception that I mentioned earlier to my belief that pure evil doesn't exist. Typically, though, it is my belief that one person cannot be completely hell-bent on being completely opposed to good.
And sure, there are also plenty of good-doers in this world whom you assume can do no wrong. But just like with the so-called evil people, on the converse side, everyone has flaws. I don't believe there is one single person in this world that has never had a negative thought about someone else. Even Dumbledore, who we all thought was the flawless wise leader, had a troubled misguided past.
As I've mentioned before in this blog, and probably will many more times, I attended LeakyCon, a Harry Potter conference, this past summer. One of the events that we decieded to attend was a panel entitled, "You're a Jedi, Harry." as you can probably deduce from the name, it drew parallels between the two infamous sagas. One of the common conversation threads that emerged after the obvious discussion of how Harry and Luke were similar, was how Darth and You-Know-Who ( I would also like to point out this moment the completely unrelated point that my phone just autocorrected Voldemort to You-Know-Who) both had at least some sense of morals and weren't complete evil. We discussed how it was obvious that in the end, Darth Vader felt remorse and changed his ways in his last moments of life. We also even defended You-Know-Who somewhat, saying that he really couldn't help the fact that he didn't know how to love, due to the fact that he was conceived under the effects of a love potion. This whole gloriously nerdy conversation solidified my ideals that pure evil didn't exist, and even out most beloved heroes have their flaws.
Do I believe that someone can be completely purely evil? No, probably not, with possibly only a few exceptions.
There is no doubt in my mind that there are people in this world, fictional and realistic alike, that commit evil acts everyday, if Osama Bin Laden is any evidence. He may just be that one exception that I mentioned earlier to my belief that pure evil doesn't exist. Typically, though, it is my belief that one person cannot be completely hell-bent on being completely opposed to good.
And sure, there are also plenty of good-doers in this world whom you assume can do no wrong. But just like with the so-called evil people, on the converse side, everyone has flaws. I don't believe there is one single person in this world that has never had a negative thought about someone else. Even Dumbledore, who we all thought was the flawless wise leader, had a troubled misguided past.
As I've mentioned before in this blog, and probably will many more times, I attended LeakyCon, a Harry Potter conference, this past summer. One of the events that we decieded to attend was a panel entitled, "You're a Jedi, Harry." as you can probably deduce from the name, it drew parallels between the two infamous sagas. One of the common conversation threads that emerged after the obvious discussion of how Harry and Luke were similar, was how Darth and You-Know-Who ( I would also like to point out this moment the completely unrelated point that my phone just autocorrected Voldemort to You-Know-Who) both had at least some sense of morals and weren't complete evil. We discussed how it was obvious that in the end, Darth Vader felt remorse and changed his ways in his last moments of life. We also even defended You-Know-Who somewhat, saying that he really couldn't help the fact that he didn't know how to love, due to the fact that he was conceived under the effects of a love potion. This whole gloriously nerdy conversation solidified my ideals that pure evil didn't exist, and even out most beloved heroes have their flaws.
No comments:
Post a Comment