[voice]

[automoblephilia]

Lets say you were told to do something by your boss and this certain something is typical viewed as being evil. But you don't know that to begin with. Do you go through with it especially if your life--er job is on the line? Does that make the person who did it evil or the person who thought it up more evil

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[Voice]

[paradoxwraith]

Good and evil are a poor attempt to try and give two sides to the same coin. One can try as they might to give meaning to one somehow being greater and purer than the other, but it is pointless. Flip a coin enough times, and it is sure to land on its edge.

[Voice]

[automoblephilia]

Coin motif, I'm impressed. Saying they're the same thing you sure know how to ruffle a good few feathers. Point is you've got extremes on both ends and when it gets to that level, on either side, they're both pretty much the same, yeah.

[Voice]

[paradoxwraith]

It also speaks of the gambits that all must face in life. One can simply choose to allow Fate to dictate paths before them: one side of the coin or the other. However, when one takes their destiny into their own hands, gambles it against the fates for a chance, no matter slim, that the coin could land on its edge? Ahh, what then?

[Voice]

[automoblephilia]

What then. Well then you start questioning if fate is even real and then it gets messy. Being brought up and taught that you're on a one track path only to find out it's not so much--but a path made out of your decisions. Er, well, that's if you're allowed free will and all that. [ Some people don't have that luxury. ]

[consultmybooks]

It can be possible to do a bad thing for good reasons.

Or follow orders blindly and cause harm where you didn't intend.

[automoblephilia]

But other people might not see the good reasons behind it. Then you're just getting blamed for the bad things.

See following orders blindly or because you don't have a choice, guess that makes you just as bad.

[consultmybooks]

There's always a choice.

It might not be a very pleasant choice, but there is always a choice.

[automoblephilia]

Ngk. Sure. Of course there is just wish there wasn't a whole plan being followed so you could take the nicer one. [ Ah ineffability how he ever so hates you. ]

Like choosing a wine. It doesn't matter which one you take; you'll still love the taste regardless.

voice;

[feltrighteous]

[ holy radar pinged, batman. (...no pun intended.) ]

Any particular relevance to today's exercise in moral relativism?

voice;

[automoblephilia]

Not really. Just curious is all. [ It's true sorta. ]

[voice]

[gunsnotvoodoo]

They're not actually that hard to tell apart, man.

[somebody lives in a black and white world.]

[voice]

[automoblephilia]

Well if you're color blind they might be. Sounds like you have it all figured out then.

[ Totally a pun on the black and white world. ]

[video]

[purpledemoneyes]

If you really have to ask others if something is right, then it's probably too shady already. Right?

[video]

[automoblephilia]

Er, well, shady is a strong word. Questioning a job given to you when the third party knows about it isn't too shady. Other party might be involved in half of the job too. [ because Crowley still finds it odd to put a tree out in the middle of nowhere with really good looking fruit and not expect people to eat from it. ]

[video]

[purpledemoneyes]

I'm not sure I follow you. Could you give me an example?

[video]

[automoblephilia]

It's like a company putting a tree with nice fresh looking fruit in front of a bunch of hungry people and then having a sign up saying not to eat it. Then you have the opposing team sell the fruit down a little ways from said tree. Though they both know the fruit is pretty bad but they go about tempting people with it anyway. Or, er, something like that.