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So in this life, we ALSO have to bear in mind that "two wrongs really don't make a right" and that...


... unlike what you see in fairy-tales and action movies with it being almost a universally happy ending, besides basic rules about bad guys and not hurting outright INNOCENT people, we also have to make sure that...

Whilst yes, the guilty folks must be prosecuted and whatnot but, we, as human beings, should not treat them badly or advocate deadly or severely inuring force and that, besides the fact that LAW STATES SO in a very systemic type of way, there is seen and unseen morality behind it (and yet even LAW doesn't always recognize it, if it did, we wouldn't have death penalties, right?) and that certain action even towards those individuals apparently really makes us as bad as them.

So its like, when bad guys are active, we should be more restrained and passive but yeah not give them leeway or leniency or any of that stuff.

And that IS life in general and that IS what we MUST think and believe overall, but thing is, in life, its hard to ALWAYS feel that way and find balance, I however, have decided to do it superficially at least.

What do you think, thanks.

P.S. NO OFFENSE to any let alone to existing victims of ANYTHING out there. However... The main reason I don't ALWAYS look at it from their point of view is because, whilst obviously deserving respect, understanding and treatment, they in the process have to de-facto live with loss and painful experience and whatnot on a practical level and are overwhelmed with grief and suffering. People who are not victims or have experienced it or are related to those by NATURE DO NOT, and yet a lot of us STILL RIGHTLY have empathy, sympathy and UNDERSTANDING. So some folks can be just a little say too out of line and also have in other departments say attitude problems hence why they may capitalize a little too much sometimes on NOT being empathetic. I DON'T THINK ITS JUST the issue of certain err "cultures" OR JUST the fact that they haven't experienced it all. And for all their respect, we at times get told that victims and their relatives in deciding fate of culprits can be biased and emotionally clouded and don't ALWAYS make the 100% correct choices, they OBVIOUSLY think what happened is wrong no doubt but also feel factual loss. BUT, there are always exceptions in life in terms of what others MAY decide on what action to take. Hence... Different perspectives, perceptions and opinions, but I have in many ways a FIXED POSITION desire too. Its more mentally convenient for me.

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That's interesting how you brought up fairy-tales. If growing up has taught me anything, real-life is rarely a fairy-tale, and I've even read fantasy stories that reflect part of that. I mean, not everyone learns their lesson or chooses to do so, the bad guys are not always readily apparent and are good at fooling you into believing what they're doing is the right thing, sometimes the hero dies at the end and the kingdom they built is destroyed, and sometimes the bad guys win.

I mean, one reason fairy tales were first invented was to not only entertain, but to teach a lesson. But real life has shown me that some people refuse to learn their lesson, and while they pay the price, they will never admit they were ever wrong, showing that they were a lost cause to start with. Small wonder real life is fertile for ideas on how villains behave, considering there are many evil people out there who get away with doing evil stuff while innocent people are forced to pay the price. It makes for interesting story-telling when someone gets cursed, and refuses to learn from it, while the protagonists learn the lesson by proxy after witnessing the mistakes of the cursed character who refuses to reform.

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