Things are still not so great on my end (still dizzy, overworked, fatigued, stressed, irritated by being on this site, etc), but I hope all of you are going better on your own ends.
@tsukuneSore losers are everywhere; if people don't want to handle a debate going out of their control they shouldn't voice an opinion to
start with.
Many people in this world often mistake pride and dignity for arrogance, as well as mistake confidence for hubris. Just in the same way as there are fine lines between these things, there's also a fine line between humility and
self-deprecation, the latter of which can ruin people and those around them. I don't believe in comparing myself to anyone; I neither believe I am the "best" nor do I believe anyone else is "better" than me; we can't possibly compare ourselves to everyone because we'll never meet everyone, so the entire point of that saying has always just seemed like a justification for people to look down on themselves to me.
The only thing which I compete against each day is my true potential; I'm the type of person who'd rather seek out and
overcome that higher mountain rather than let its existence intimidate me or cause me to think less of myself, which is one of the reasons my adaptive capabilities are often commended. Without passion humanity achieves nothing, as I said.
On the subject of absolute right or wrong; I believe it's far more a matter of the context than it is a universal matter (which I believe is what you were suggesting), though I do believe in certain concepts that can apply to all situations. After all, the very belief that there is no absolute right or wrong is this world could be thought of as a form of absolutism
itself, making the idea self-defeating and redundant. Nevertheless, I don't believe that those who have the "final say" that you described previously are always the ones who are in the right (in fact they very frequently are in the wrong), and I can only suspect you feel the same given the last comment you made.
I definitely believe that people need to be prepared for the consequences of their actions when raising a banner or having a opinion, and I don't have any regrets for the path I'm walking down nor do I intend to run from the responsibility of it. So long as I never found something to make me doubt my beliefs (I never have, despite actively searching for it from all angles), I'd continue down the path I'm going even if I was the last person alive who chose it; that's what it
means to have principles rather than just be following mob mentality. Even if something did make me have to rethink my values, all I'd need to do is adapt to it and factor it in; I don't actually think anything could change my stance completely.
Also, it should be clarify from my other post that when I say I don't agree with the Yin/Yang philosophy, it's only the
literal idea behind it; the notion that there needs to be a person out there committing holocausts in order to "balance" the presence of a saint in the world. I consider this one of the most twisted notions humanity has conceived, since it facilitates and even encourages depravity and amorality; leads humanity to be worse than its true potential.
Like I've said; I agree with the metaphorical notion that the
possibility of evil is required for something to serve as a comparison for good to exist (in fact I actually interpret certain stories in mythology and scripture this way), but the actual
existence of evil is not needed. People frequently speak of being "above good and evil", but in my eyes these people are
below good and evil; no different to animals or children. As one of my signature quotes implies; all that's needed for evil to triumph is for good to do nothing; losing principles to amorality is the end of humanity.
