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Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
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Originally posted by Z
I think of the world as a complex sort of black and white system; you can't be entirely good or entirely evil. That's impossible. The examples given in the OP, Hitler in particular - he condemned millions to death, which makes him a despicable person. But he single handedly ended the depression in Germany, brought Germany out of a financial crisis and was one of the most popular leaders to ever exist in Germany. Mother Teresa left home when she was 18 and never saw her family again and she had to beg in the streets at times - if you take away the "Mother Teresa" from that statement, does that look like the life of a good person?
I think that I'm a mostly good person. Everybody has their pitfalls, but I think most people are good enough to accept when they have made a mistake and usually try to right their wrongs, or at least avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
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poor Mother Teresa I hardly call begging and leaving her family evil, perhaps she had no choice but to do those things.
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I'm not implying she's evil, but I'm showing that nobody can be entirely "good" (or entirely "evil") if you get what I mean?