When watching movies, especially those Chinese drama about life in the Forbidden City back when the monarch was still in place, I like to ask who is the good and who is the evil.... then I realise there is actually no distinct line... all the concubines will do anything to move up the social ladder.... those who do not will just get stepped over.... it just depends on which receiving end you are at....
Take for example one of the last scenes in the Hannah Montana movie. The manager brings the daughters of the reporter to convince him not to expose Hannah. Taking children out of school with out the knowledge of the parent is kidnapping no? And by using his daughters who adore Hannah to convince him to give up his job is emotional blackmail. Then she offers free concert tickets to him and the daughters if he does as she wants. That would count as bribery right? Some might say that it is not because she has nothing to gain.... but in the end she is actually saving her own job because if Hannah is exposed, then she is likely to be out of a job... so does the end justify the means?
Just using this as an example for a general thought......
So good or evil is just a matter of perspective?
3 comments:
In most cases, the ends justify the means...
and Hannah Montana/miley cyrus/whatever ppl call her is evil... God did not mean for a person to smile that widely...and that much...
do what you think is good, coz all you do is for yourself. 对人好就是对自己残忍
[Jino] – A man’s not a man unless he knows how to shoot
i do not know about others but i guess it was easier to justify every action with good or not good.
to categorized them and make them the norm of life.
but i had been wrong in using this formula. people are just so complicated. sometimes the people that apparently said bad thing to you may actually give you some good advise.
but then to me friends are just people that do not benefit directly from your action. if they do, their status just changed from friend to client.
life is complicated but i tried not to complicate my life any further.
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