KARTE 004 || [ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[dr_kiriko]

[The Doctor is extremely shaken up by a certain someone's arrival, though he'd never admit it.]

[An anonymous text is sent to each Guide.]

What is worse, Thor?

A wicked man who pretends to be kind to get what he wants?

Or a virtuous man who does cruel things out of necessity?

I'm looking for the answer.

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[wheresmyhouse]

I assume it would depend on the circumstances.

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[dr_kiriko]

The first one helps to extort, exploit and torture.

The second is a murderer.

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[wheresmyhouse]

But what is it the first desires?

And why does the second murder?

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[dr_kiriko]

Revenge for a loved one who was brutally tormented and killed.

To end the suffering of those who do not deserve their pain.

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[wheresmyhouse]

This question cannot be so easily answered. In fact, one who answers so simply is merely seeing only one side to a many faceted level of rhetoric.

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[dr_kiriko]

That is true. It cannot be so easily answered.

But no matter how complicated the story may be, one of them will eventually destroy the other. Ethically, who has that right?

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[wheresmyhouse]

No one has the right to take a life. It is a right that we, as humans, bestow on ourselves. We give birth to life, and thus see fit to take it away.

In the end, we are all self-righteous and self-entitled.

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[dr_kiriko]

That is very true, as well. But unfortunately it does not solve the problem.

What if they do not kill the other? What if they merely take all meaning out of living for their enemy? Then, is the second, the killer, the worse sinner?

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[wheresmyhouse]

But wouldn't taking the meaning out of one's existence be on par with killing them?

There are far worse things than death.

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[dr_kiriko]

You are beyond correct.
So neither of them has a right to act...?

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[wheresmyhouse]

That is a loaded question. We all have the inherent right to do what we must and what we want. It is the gift of free will, and it is a perpetual double-edged sword. Who is to say a kind act now will not cause ripples through time, and cause negative effects years or perhaps centuries later?

Humans live for the moment, and that is where justification lies. It is neither right nor wrong to act. It is merely cause and effect.

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[dr_kiriko]

A very philosophical answer. You are most wise, sir.

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[wheresmyhouse]

I have spent the better part of my life listening to people. My 'wisdom' is merely observation, a collection of human perception from all walks of life.

Though it begs me to ask why the question was posed in the first place.

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[dr_kiriko]

Sometimes it is indeed from silence and observation that true wisdom does stem.

Because they are very real men, and of them will certainly have their life destroyed by the other soon enough. I was curious to know who should survive. It is not something I was able to determine alone.

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[wheresmyhouse]

Knowing the ending beforehand spoils the book.

If you knew what would happen, would you seek to change it?

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[dr_kiriko]

....

I am not sure. The way I see it, it is inevitable, though an extremely unpleasant conclusion.