Saturday, May 13, 2006
Ahhh
"So," he said. "Good always wins over evil."
I raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that a bit naive?"
"Nope." He answered confidently. "It's always been that way."
"Evil has to win sometimes, right?"
"Nope, see it works like this....Whomever wins gets to write the history books. No one who wins ever sees themselves as evil. In fact, they typically see themselves as righteous. So, when they write their history, good will have prevailed and hence good always wins over evil."
"That's a semantical nuance. They can still be evil even if they write that they are good."
He smiled, "think so?"
"Yeah."
Then he pulled out a gun and put it on the table in front of us.
"So," he said putting his hand over the gun with a smile, "which of us is right now?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that a bit naive?"
"Nope." He answered confidently. "It's always been that way."
"Evil has to win sometimes, right?"
"Nope, see it works like this....Whomever wins gets to write the history books. No one who wins ever sees themselves as evil. In fact, they typically see themselves as righteous. So, when they write their history, good will have prevailed and hence good always wins over evil."
"That's a semantical nuance. They can still be evil even if they write that they are good."
He smiled, "think so?"
"Yeah."
Then he pulled out a gun and put it on the table in front of us.
"So," he said putting his hand over the gun with a smile, "which of us is right now?"
