Friday, October 17, 2003
Consider this a moment...
You are in a war, a dirty, long-fought desert war which has seen the death of many men both friend and foe. You are alone in a horizonless plain, shot and bleeding slowly to death. No, not alone. The only other living being is the man who shot you. Consider his nature. Is he a bad man? Is he a man who believes he is good? Is he a good man?
The bad man sees you, bleeding slowly and painfully to death, his own bullet lodged deep beneath an artery, your life-force flowing quickly from you, your nerve endings caught in the agonising space between excrutiating pain and the relief of blissful numbness. He knows you will take an age to die, alone and in pain. The bad man shoots you in the head and kills you instantly, before turning and walking away.
The man who believes he is good sees you, bleeding slowly and painfully to death, his own bullet lodged deep beneath an artery, your life-force flowing quickly from you, your nerve endings caught in the agonising space between excrutiating pain and the relief of blissful numbness. he knows you will take an age to die, alone and in pain. The man who believes he is good says he cannot shoot you again, that you must think about what you have done, that you must make peace with your god, before turning and walking away.
The good man sees you, bleeding slowly and painfully to death, his own bullet lodged deep beneath an artery, your life-force flowing quickly from you, your nerve endings caught in the agonising space between excrutiating pain and the relief of blissful numbness. He knows you will take an age to die, alone and in pain. The good man shoots you in the head and kills you instantly, before turning and walking away.
Where is the bad man and where is the good man?
10/17/2003 09:16:00 pm
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