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I see this a lot in the US: The "Good Guy" vs. "Bad guy" theme is very commonly used, and portrayed news, politics, film, etc. I find this to be a dangerous ov

I see this a lot in the US: The "Good Guy" vs. "Bad guy" theme is very commonly used, and portrayed news, politics, film, etc. I find this to be a dangerous oversimplification. I have never met a single "bad person". All humans are driven by desires, fears within the constraints of their environment. Some of decisions turn for the better, others for the worse. All criminal activity I have seen comes from people who have manoeuvred themselves into bad situations, from which they can't entangle. So they resort to violence or other kinds of criminal activity in order to bring themselves to a seemingly better place. I don't want to make excuses for anyone, but the idea that someone is a "bad" or "good" person, just does not make any sense.

14 7y ago
I love your optimistic view but lets be real..there are truly evil people in the world. It makes no sense to say we are all only just products of our environment or you could excuse any action that way. Yes people get into situations and I don't think that in most cases it defines that person, like say a person who committed and assault, I think they can go on to live a good life helping little old ladies across the street, but there are just broken toys out there that truly in my mind have little use on this earth. Back in the day the faces of death videos were popular, I can't stomach that stuff but every once in a while someone would suggest I "check this out" and it would be some video of some guy being skinned alive or something. You will not convince me after seeing that, that some people are not truly evil.