Talk:Kouichi Sakakibara/@comment-397235-20140820020502/@comment-397235-20140821023529

I think we need to stop the side discussion, because we both seem to be going over each other's heads.

I dunno. I'm not a huge fan of black and white morality. Very few things are that simple (if you'll permit me an example from American politics, John Kennedy is remembered as a saint, yet got the US involved in Vietnam; Richard Nixon is universally reviled yet is the one who got us out). People have good and bad, and that complexity carries over to the rest of life as well.

People all over have capacities for extreme cruelty and extreme kindness: we just only ever become known for our greatest deeds or most dastardly infamies.

I'm getting very philosophical now and should stop wasting time and go write.