So you noticed that I was visibly upset and decided the best course of action for you to take would be to slight me further? Good to know.
And I am not being inconsistent. If you do ultimately decide that we should send the horde on to Seattle, would you deem that decision inconsistent with your self-perception as a ‘good person’?
No, I waited a few days until it seemed as though you were no longer visibly upset before I brought it up again. To be funny and engaging. [...] Candidly, this is the first time I am trying this type of humor with someone else. Evidently I have room to improve.
And I am not a good person. I only try to be. The difference between you and I in this matter is that you seem to embrace the designation of wicked whereas I try to reject it. [...] But I was elected as an alderman and a committee member to protect the interests of those who elected me, and even those who did not vote. We all know how to stay quiet and let the dead pass us by, we've all done it before. Whereas we have never attempted to divert or eradicate a horde of this size.
I do not believe these black and white notions of good and bad really matter. People can do bad things for good reasons and good things for bad ones. And even if you try to do the right thing, it can be the wrong thing in the end. There is no way of knowing. We are only guessing. And my guess is that letting a horde of that size carry on to Seattle will ultimately be the wrong thing for us all.
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DM, 11/3
And I am not being inconsistent. If you do ultimately decide that we should send the horde on to Seattle, would you deem that decision inconsistent with your self-perception as a ‘good person’?
DM, 11/3
And I am not a good person. I only try to be. The difference between you and I in this matter is that you seem to embrace the designation of wicked whereas I try to reject it. [...] But I was elected as an alderman and a committee member to protect the interests of those who elected me, and even those who did not vote. We all know how to stay quiet and let the dead pass us by, we've all done it before. Whereas we have never attempted to divert or eradicate a horde of this size.
DM, 11/3
I do not believe these black and white notions of good and bad really matter. People can do bad things for good reasons and good things for bad ones. And even if you try to do the right thing, it can be the wrong thing in the end. There is no way of knowing. We are only guessing. And my guess is that letting a horde of that size carry on to Seattle will ultimately be the wrong thing for us all.