"What power would hell have if those imprisoned here would not be able to dream of heaven?" - The Sandman
This quote has disturbed me none stop since i read it..
Okay, let us begin:
This quote basically states that without good, there cannot be evil, and without evil, there cannot be good. Very true, as we wouldn't be able to categorize good, if we had no evil for comparison. When we commit an act that would be called 'evil', how can that be justified? Because without the scum of the earth, we wouldn't be able to appreciate the 'good' people (you need to experience the bad to appreciate the good)
If it weren't for 'evil', good wouldn't exist, so thanks to 'evil' there is 'good'
On the other hand, 'evil' only exists because of 'good'
Does this not mean that the forces of 'good' owe everything to the forces of 'evil'? As without evil, the forces of good would be obselete.
If it weren't for the forces of 'good' - we wouldn't have 'evil'
If it weren't for the forces of 'evil' - we wouldn't have 'good'
Now ask yourselves, which is the true evil?
I’d like to leave you with an extremely controversial example of a man of ‘evil’ who, in the big picture, did an act of ‘good’ despite whether or not it was his intention (which I doubt). Hitler was responsible for one of the greatest acts of inhumanity the world has ever seen, and is the one we most remember; The Holocaust. Before I go any further I just want to firmly state that I am in no way supporting what he did, I’m merely sharing a thought about the nature of ‘good’ and ‘evil’. The holocaust is an event that everyone knows of, anyone who doesn’t would most likely be beaten if he ever admitted to it. The fact that we all remember it, and despise Hitler, thinking of him as a monster is all the evidence I need to say that Hitler was an unintentional martyr. He scarred humanity, and when we look at our scars we see mistakes, he left a scar so big that no one could forget. If the holocaust had never happened, we wouldn’t have the views we do now on things that can never again happen to humanity, if the holocaust hadn’t happened, there could have been an event even worse than that in the future that. Does this not make Hitler’s actions somewhat heroic? Even if it wasn’t intentional, he still ended up benefitting the greater good. Rather like Adrian Veidt in Watchmen, he killed millions to save billions. You cannot deny that the holocaust serves as a constant reminder to us to be wary, and to never allow an event such as that to ever occur again.
