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Discordant Philosophy

by datdamnface

Chapter 8: What is good and evil?

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What is good and evil?

Good day to you all! Sorry I haven't been able to talk to you for some time now but I was thinking about something and I'm just going to jump right to it.

What is good? Is good donating money to an orphanage? Is good saving money or giving the last slice of nutella bread to your cousin? Is good playing with your baby sister or keeping a baby instead of aborting it? I'm going to assume you get the picture of good here.

Now I ask you; what is evil? Tell me, is murdering a group of people evil? Is killing and maiming and destroying evil? Yes? That's what you say. I'll tell you this. Good acts are those acts that affect others around you for the better. This is common knowledge no? Well then, what is evil?

Let's look at an example shall we?

A U.S marine comes back from a particularly bloody battle against militants. He has been pinned behind a house for 3 days straight with a bloodied and wounded teammate. Now this teammate is someone he's known for a long time. Now on the third day a passing Black Hawk picks up his urgent cries of help and suppresses the enemy. Now, suppose he is sitting on his bed in his barracks. Opposite of him is a picture of his teammate and brother.

What do you think is going through his mind? Sadness? Despair? Yes. But also something different. Resentment to the world for taking away his shining light in a dark world. During those three days he spent pinned he prayed to god every waking hour like most would in his situation. He prayed for the salvation of himself and his brother/teammate. Now suppose his teammate was dying and he was scared? What would the marine do? Now switching a bit here, he's back home at his own house by himself. A year ago his wife left him because "he was never at home" and that "she needed a father for her kids." Now what would that marine feel? Anger to the world is what he would feel.

Now suppose it reached a crisis point in which he has nothing to live for. He's out of work, he resents the army because they took away his only friend in the cold world. His wife is constantly calling for alimony. What would the marine feel? Anger, building rising anger.


And then, and keep in mind this happens to all of us. That anger begins to change. It is like a freshly made sword, it becomes banged out with constant everyday life. And eventually it cools until it is a sharp, cold instrument of death. At this point in life he stops caring and can only feel the hate.

So he purchases a gun, and opens fire on the nearest military base, of course he is killed in the gunfire. The next day the reports come flooding in from every perspective. How it was evil and cruel how he killed officers just days from retirement and then they ask the stupidest question: "What could have driven him to do this?"


I'll tell you this; people do not do something as evil and cruel as this without some SERIOUS justifications. In our modern time we have figured this out and labeled the more absurd and disgusting of crimes as being committed by psychopaths.

Sound somewhat familiar? No? Then here's another interesting fact; Insanity works the exact same way.  It is when people are moulded either by personal hate or hate for society in general. They start to adopt another perspective about life.


Ringing any bells? Well it should. Remember when I said that deep down each sentient being is insane? Well that is true sir. All that stands in the way is morality, a sense of right and wrong.

With the change in perspective, the view of morality gets warped from the "straight" version of it. The straight version being: Donations equal good, stealing a purse equals bad.


And this makes it so much harder for law enforcement because these people who commit acts of crime do so for their own cause be it money for food to Kleptomania due to a bad childhood.

And it all starts there. Childhood, where you are your most innocent and vulnerable. That isn't saying your view couldn't get warped during your whole life but that is when you are most likely to develop your more psychopathic and sociological problems.

Now because of this resurgence, the view of 'Good' and 'Bad' gets morphed. Nobody does anything they'll regret without a reason.


And that is where insanity comes in. At first it is a change in perspective, then if you let it consume your soul, it is a complete change in view of the world.


Another example of a complete raving lunatic would be a man who abducts and murders little girls. When the officers find the girl's bodies though, they find them encased within white dresses attached to angel's wings. When they finally catch the man, he says he's setting them free.

And in a way, this is 'Good' because he's saving their innocence from the cold 'real world' which we have created for ourselves.

Every disgusting, despicable thing has a silver lining. Except for rape, that's just sick or is it?

Okay outta line I apologize for that. Now then, we come to my favorite topic; Discord.

Now my parishioners. What have I told you? That insanity and Discord and madness are the other half of the natural order of things. For example they bring creativity and sometimes sick joy to the person.

Sanity and Order bring joy and happiness to the conglomerate, the people not the individual.

See what i'm getting at here? And to think, there are people willing to get rid of all insanity. There is always some form of insanity because the spontaneity of it is what grants release in our daily, monotonous lives.  Face it, we live in a world of gray and the only realize is to let go of everything.


Weird isn't it? That order brings happiness to the group but disorder brings joy to the person? If you look at it from the perspective of good and bad, then both forces are good! They are good in their own specific ways!

To become insane is to craft that sword of passion be it sadness or despair or depression or angst or resentment. Slowly you bang out the reasons it isn't right.

"I shouldn't be feeling this way."

"[Bang!] Why?"

"Because it's wrong!"

"[Bang!] Why is it wrong? What is the right way of looking at things? "


People are always looking for a sole solution something that is rock solid, a bedrock of sorts. The problem is there is no 'right' way to do it.

So they fall through, come up with a delusion. It's as simple as that.


There is no right way of looking at things, moral can be twisted but in the end it is always 'good' because the definition of bad which is evil without a reason simply doesn't exist. So live your life the way you want it be it living out your days or going out in a fiery boom! Remember, no matter what they say there is never a 'right' way to live. Next Chapter: Happily insane Estimated time remaining: 10 Minutes

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