Evil is defined as the absence of good, a non-entity, etc. For instance, a person who has only one hand suffers a physical evil. While physical evil is something that everybody understands, or within the range of our understanding, let alone the causes for it. It is the moral evil that is trickier. I suppose we are led to believe there is no such a thing as evil through our studies than positively affirming its presence. Everybody agrees to some extent that there is evil in the world; but not all of us will be willing to say it is an entity. I remember my friend and I used to discuss about such issues for sometime in the last academic year. A few boys also used to scare the others with their stories. As I was reading through Scott Peck's The People of the Lie , I got an idea of what evil is. Though it is worth discussing the ideas present therein, I wish to state one thought that runs through the entire book. The biggest strength of evil is its deception, unwillingness...
Do we build walls to
welcome people? Strange isn’t it? We make bridges, not walls to connect people.
It would be a ridiculous idea to build a wall so as to build a better
relationship. The fall of the Berlin wall was the beginning of a new era not only
for the ideologically malnourished Eastern Germans but for the entire world. I
remember reading about the fall of the Berlin wall from the history books. What
person will ever erect a wall, not in the periphery of his property but right
in the middle of his home to beautify it? Who will segregate his own household
as 'seeables' and 'unseeables'? Have those live beyond the walls become zombies, a
threat to national and international security? Questioning is seditious these
days, I know! But how to pause over in silence when open and not so open
prisons are being erected every day throughout the length and breadth of this
country all in the name of development? If we are truly superpower, as some
claim to be, why should we be caging in people? Are the poor ‘the surplus
people’ of this country? This is another myth that we are fed that the visit of
someone, who integrity is well known worldwide, will make us prosper! Walls do
not welcome but bridges do! Those who live in ideological cocoons cannot but
erect walls alone! Grow up the world today knows what exists beyond the walls
and lies that the fascist establishments busy spreading have a short lifespan! Your messiah, another wall builder, may not see the abject poverty and may not experience nauseating stench but they do exist and you will ensure its continuity is what everyone knows.
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