I'd always considered myself a fairly opinionated person. As usual, I was wrong. I just left a debate on the death penalty in which I wound up defending the Nazis. Go figure. Now, don't me wrong, I am NOT a Nazi, and I do NOT believe in mass genocide. However I do believe that people should be held to their standards and not deemed evil simply because our society would like to say they were wrong.This was linked to the death penalty by a comment made by a teacher citing states with the death penalty as comparable to the "evil Nazis."
I place a large difference in wrong and evil. Wrong is solely my opinion and the beliefs of my society. . Evil is based off of the intentions and personal convictions of the each individual. It's a long story that I won't really go into on here, because that is not this page is about.
I am learning that in my life, there are lots of gray areas, areas I feel as if I am not educated enough to have an opinion, or areas I'm too indecisive about. The death penalty is an example of one of these areas. I think that this is wrong. How can I affect the world around me if I have no clue where I stand on major controversial issues? |
