Tuesday, December 11, 2007
- 6:41 PM
I knew that I was being insensitive, and I'm sorry.
I would like to say though that the same thing goes for people who do things that are harmful to themselves...it hurts everyone who cares about them.
I've been told that I'm a rationalist.
I guess this might be true because I try to see everything from all sides - I try at least - and therefore my opinion changes based on the situation almost all the time.
Yes, I don't believe that murder is a very "good" thing to do. It makes things complicated for many many people. I don't really believe in good and bad, I believe in things that bring us forward, and things that hold us back. Murder causes problems for far too many people in the majority of cases and therefore the things it brings to the killer do not outweigh the trouble it brings to everyone else.
However if possible I try to see things from the killer's perspective. It doesn't mean I justify what they've done, it only means I've made an effort to understand. Whether to forgive them or to judge them or to justify whatever they've done is completely my choice.
Everything comes down to choices, in the end.
I know we're not going to agree entirely on this subject, and that's alright.
But I do agree with you that murder is not a very nice thing.
I believe that people are capable of far more destructive things than murder, though.