Quick thought

I recently read the Watchmen comic books and I found myself asking this question: Is it ok to do a bad thing in order to prevent an even greater evil? On the one hand there was the “smartest man in the world” Ozymandias who believed in this statement and was willing to break the rules and even kill millions of innocents in order to save the world from itself. Then on the other hand we had the forever living in a black and white world Rorschach who believed to never compromise in the face of Armageddon. Now he was alone in this belief and the other heroes were willing to kill him in order to prevent him from revealing the truth.

So when is it right to “compromise”? When is it ok to not speak up? Is doing bad to prevent bad good? Is the world really black and white and if so why do we choose to live in this figment of our collective imaginations called the “grey area”?

First off I believe it’s just much easier as a society for us to not always do the “right thing” as Dumbledore said “we must all face a choice between what is right and what is easy” . The easier option is always going to be taken by humans, it’s in our nature to allow for the road more traveled on to be allowed to take the best option to suit our needs.

Also the world has allowed for it to be ok to accept the grey area when we don’t understand something fully. As a lawyer I’ve learnt to appreciate the fact that when the law is unsure about something we try to create what would be the most fair thing for the prosecution and defendant. So then what is a fair outcome to pusish a man that did an evil to prevent an evil? Should we punish him? Would it be right to punish a saviour?

Yes it would be. A crime is a crime no matter how we look at it. Why should we lower our standards when it suits us to lower them? Compromise is the beginning of the destruction of our beliefs. I would rather someone went out dying trying to preserve his stand on something than living a life of always bending to the whims of other peoples wishes in order to create fragile peace.

It is never right to not speak up when an injustice is done. Your silence only propagates more injustice in the world. In a world where we are always searching for heroes to save us why not be the person that steps up to be the best they can be. Not all heroes wear capes and our actions to make the world a better place are the only capes we have.  Always be the shining l light in the world that is full of darkness. If you didn’t know those are the lights that shine brightest.

Just a quick thought on something I read recently

Let me know what you think in the comments below.