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How do you plan to live your life?

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That is for me to know and for you to possibly never find out.
Besides, this topic isn't exactly fun.

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*Frowns*
Please don't hurt people.

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I avoid it when I can.

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There aren't a lot of good reasons to hurt others.

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There are no "good" reasons to hurt others, just reasons that won't weigh on your mind should you use them as a reason.

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Self defense is a pretty good reason, I think.

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Ok you have me there, but you get what I mean.

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Are there really any others? Maybe if you're helping them like with surgery or something.

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I doubt it, since most other reasons rely on context and affiliation to determine if it's "good".
I think self defense is the only one that could be considered relatively good outside of some niche situations, so it's more like an exception to the rule.

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Wouldn't that just make the rest of them bad?

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I prefer to think of it this way.

Good isn't always Nice
Nice isn't always Good
Bad isn't always Mean
Mean isn't always Bad
Nice can be Bad
Bad can be Nice
Mean can be Good
Good can be Mean.

In short, a lot of it is relative.

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I guess so, but hurting people seems pretty cut and dry to me. But again, that's just me.

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Indeed.

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I'd still like to make it more clear that I think you're making a mistake.

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And that's for you to think.
However I would like to make it clear that you're not living my life and that you aren't heavily involved in it as of yet either, so please refrain from trying to exert a personal influence on it.

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I'm not doing it for you, at risk of sounding harsh. It's for the ones who are hurt by this.

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I don't mind.
But frankly, at the risk of sounding harsh, that's like you pushing your own ideals and beliefs onto someone just because you're uncomfortable with the situation, regardless of how pure your intentions may be. If you plan to do so then I hope you're willing to bear the consequences yourself, as I'm willing to deal with the consequences of my own actions.
After all, it's not like this isn't painful for me as well.

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The only real consequences are positive, if I could convince you. If you go somewhere where your belief's become just as valid as anybody else's, Existence is the right place. But that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who want to help you with theirs.