Were the Humes that destroyed a Quadav temple to build their own capital inherently good? Were the Elvaan whom bickered amongst themselves for their own selfish pride inherently good? Were the Kuluu, whom sabotaged our operations and wiped out my entire race and nearly my entire world in the process, inherently good? Was Ulrich, a man so jealous over a woman that he would murder the Talekeeper, inherently good?!
No! No one is inherently good, you fool! All there is is noise and taint! Apathy, arrogance, cowardice, envy and rage! There is no "inherently good!" Only a poison that eats away at my world!
I do this not for you! I have my own reasons! SO STAY OUT OF THIS!
So a man who claims to hate all terrans choosing to end his own life to save one is inherently evil? A downtrodden race who has the ability to wipe out the very beings that abuse them saving one of their instigators is evil? An empire going out of their way to protect the lives of two insignificant beings... is evil?
Yes, there's Apathy, arrogance, cowardice, envy and rage. There's also care, humbleness, bravery, charity and patience. People are capable of so much goodness in the world, just as much as evil.
It's not such a terrible place where nothing good can be found in a person anymore.
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:04 pm (UTC)[ Well, you got him good there. Telling you that you're "useful" isn't exactly going to help his opinion, and he's in no mood for sentimentalities. ]
I have my reasons.
And. There are...exceptions.
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:08 pm (UTC)I don't need anyone to avenge me. ... It's the last thing in the world that I ever want. Don't do this in my name. [In fact, don't do it at all]
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:15 pm (UTC)No! No one is inherently good, you fool! All there is is noise and taint! Apathy, arrogance, cowardice, envy and rage! There is no "inherently good!" Only a poison that eats away at my world!
I do this not for you! I have my own reasons! SO STAY OUT OF THIS!
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:23 pm (UTC)Yes, there's Apathy, arrogance, cowardice, envy and rage. There's also care, humbleness, bravery, charity and patience. People are capable of so much goodness in the world, just as much as evil.
It's not such a terrible place where nothing good can be found in a person anymore.
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:28 pm (UTC)[ Yes, Eald may be a jerk, but he'll hear you out, whether he agrees or not. ]
...hmph. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:29 pm (UTC)[HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING. UNDER. A ROCK]
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Date: 2010-06-18 11:31 pm (UTC)[ Nah. He's just a stubborn jerk with a superiority complex and doesn't like admitting others are right. ]