I don't think people are really that good. Oh sure, a lot of people don't rape, murder, or steal. But that doesn't make you a good person, in my opinion. No fucking way. You have to do good things, not just avoid doing the bad ones. And you have to do them for the right reasons.
I'm not a good person. I've never killed anyone, never raped, never stolen. Always paid my taxes, and on fucking time too. I've certainly had the urge to kill people before. They tend to really piss me off, but I held myself back. But I don't consider myself good because I resisted those urges. I don't think I'm not a good person because I've had those urges. But because I fucking hate a lot of people.
My daughter, she's who I'd consider a good person. She takes bottles of water with her whenever she goes out, and hands them out to the homeless. Every Christmas she goes and spends a ton of money on toys and takes them to the local hospital so children won't be without something on Christmas. She and her wife adopted three kids and have become a family. She bikes to the grocery store, except when it's too cold out--and even then she drives a hybrid. She's a vegetarian, and has been for almost 10 years--solely because she thinks they shouldn't torture animals the way they do. I consider her a good person, because she likes doing those things. And she doesn't hate anyone (though she's starting to become more jaded like me) just for who or what they are. She's not perfect by any means. But for the most part, she does a lot of good. And I'm proud of her. I wish I could be like her sometimes. But I just can't bring myself to do it because I genuinely don't like a lot of people.
I'm not a good person. I've never killed anyone, never raped, never stolen. Always paid my taxes, and on fucking time too. I've certainly had the urge to kill people before. They tend to really piss me off, but I held myself back. But I don't consider myself good because I resisted those urges. I don't think I'm not a good person because I've had those urges. But because I fucking hate a lot of people.
My daughter, she's who I'd consider a good person. She takes bottles of water with her whenever she goes out, and hands them out to the homeless. Every Christmas she goes and spends a ton of money on toys and takes them to the local hospital so children won't be without something on Christmas. She and her wife adopted three kids and have become a family. She bikes to the grocery store, except when it's too cold out--and even then she drives a hybrid. She's a vegetarian, and has been for almost 10 years--solely because she thinks they shouldn't torture animals the way they do. I consider her a good person, because she likes doing those things. And she doesn't hate anyone (though she's starting to become more jaded like me) just for who or what they are. She's not perfect by any means. But for the most part, she does a lot of good. And I'm proud of her. I wish I could be like her sometimes. But I just can't bring myself to do it because I genuinely don't like a lot of people.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
