Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Cluny, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil. --Redwall
there are too many creeds that teach people there is good in everybody. everyone can be saved, everyone can be redeemed.
stories like this reinforce that this is not a universal truth. some people, no matter how much compassion they receive, no matter how many chances they get, no matter how much divine intervention comes their way, will always be evil.
I've got some family like that. They're not evil, they're just stupid and consistently make stupid decisions and refuse to change anything about their behavior. Naturally one feels bad, but the only realistic way to solve their problem is to micromanage their lives. And even then it would be an uphill battle - not to mention completely unfair to their surrogate parent / guardian.
To quote IASIP, "once your brain is a piece of shit, it's always a piece of shit". Most people are shit and it's a waste of time and effort to try to micromanage them in Western society.
Stories like this remind me of the woman who had her face ripped off by someone's pet chimpanzee. A wild animal will always be a wild animal, even if you put a diaper on it and give it a name.
there are too many creeds that teach people there is good in everybody. everyone can be saved, everyone can be redeemed.
stories like this reinforce that this is not a universal truth. some people, no matter how much compassion they receive, no matter how many chances they get, no matter how much divine intervention comes their way, will always be evil.
I've got some family like that. They're not evil, they're just stupid and consistently make stupid decisions and refuse to change anything about their behavior. Naturally one feels bad, but the only realistic way to solve their problem is to micromanage their lives. And even then it would be an uphill battle - not to mention completely unfair to their surrogate parent / guardian.
To quote IASIP, "once your brain is a piece of shit, it's always a piece of shit". Most people are shit and it's a waste of time and effort to try to micromanage them in Western society.
Stories like this remind me of the woman who had her face ripped off by someone's pet chimpanzee. A wild animal will always be a wild animal, even if you put a diaper on it and give it a name.
Or let nature take its course and have them purge themselves out of the gene pool.