Good And Bad People I've watched a video on "Tall Poppies" the other day and it made me think of humans and the way we label people as either good or bad. What makes someone good or bad? I believe it's easy to decide that in general. Let's think of a fairytale. This kind of stories usually put characters into these two categories of good and evil people/monsters. "Snow White" is a good example, where the good people are the ones who don't kill, say the truth, love, whereas the bad people kill, lie etc. I personally think that there are no 100% good or bad people. It's always easy to say that someone is in a certain way, but it's not very mature, and not very kind either. Why do we do that, though? Why do mature and kind people still do that? One of the reasons might be our lack of time, busy lives and our impatience, and another reason, which is the thing I want to emphasize, is our ego and our subjective way of looking around and perceiving things. I think there are as many versions of this world as there are people. If I gave a little kid some sweets, they'd think I'm the best person in the world. Their mom, though, would say that I'm not thinking of the consequences. There are a lot of scenarios that prove people only see someone as good if they did something they liked and vice versa. Doesn't that happen with friends too? We are friends with someone either because we have something in common, or if they have something we don't, such as a strong will, or a funny way to be. I used to think that there were not many bad people, and I used to explain it to myself like this: Bad people are called bad if they do, say or think something certain people don't agree with. Sometimes, people overreact and are not thinking through. There ARE bad people, though, and I'd say that they are the ones whose decisions and actions no one agrees with. Criminals, for instance. But a murderer does have a personal reason for which he kills, doesn't he? If that's only because he likes it, well, I think that's insanity and only rational people's acts can be labelled as moral or immoral. If someone kills people for something they believe in, I do think that is bad, but does the way we think give us a the right to decide how that person really is? I think that the conclusion to all of this is: are we really in the right position to decide what is good and what is bad regarding someone with totally different believes? The killer example might be too extreme, but I hope I made myself understood. :)