[This seems like such a weighted question if ever he saw one. Regardless, this isn't something he's going to be able to try and talk about over video, either.]
It's hard to just...say someone is just fully good or bad. Things aren't usually so black and white. Not everyone is going to have the same ideas about what is or isn't bad, either. It's less about what you do that defines you as a person, and more about...what your intentions behind what you do are, I think.
Some people do bad things with good intentions. Some do good things with bad intentions. Some do things that most might consider "bad" because they don't have a choice, or they might not even realize what they're doing is wrong. It doesn't make what they're doing any less wrong in its own right, but you can't call them a bad person unless you know why they're doing it. The same goes for someone who does things that seem good on the surface...it's just as likely that their real intentions aren't as pure.
[He stops there for a moment, looking over what he's already typed.]
I'm not sure how much sense any of this is making, but that's what I think. I also think that- even if you've done bad things in the past, even with bad intentions- that doesn't mean it's not possible to change. People are always changing and growing, for better or for worse.
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Date: 2015-07-18 12:17 am (UTC)It's hard to just...say someone is just fully good or bad. Things aren't usually so black and white. Not everyone is going to have the same ideas about what is or isn't bad, either. It's less about what you do that defines you as a person, and more about...what your intentions behind what you do are, I think.
Some people do bad things with good intentions. Some do good things with bad intentions. Some do things that most might consider "bad" because they don't have a choice, or they might not even realize what they're doing is wrong. It doesn't make what they're doing any less wrong in its own right, but you can't call them a bad person unless you know why they're doing it. The same goes for someone who does things that seem good on the surface...it's just as likely that their real intentions aren't as pure.
[He stops there for a moment, looking over what he's already typed.]
I'm not sure how much sense any of this is making, but that's what I think. I also think that- even if you've done bad things in the past, even with bad intentions- that doesn't mean it's not possible to change. People are always changing and growing, for better or for worse.