Hi
When I was a kid (and it wasn't many years ago!) I used to admire some personalities. That said, I still admire many individuals such as writers and my opinion hasn't changed about them. Particularly when it comes to political leaders I see all of them alike. They are all same to me. Circumstances just make some of them heroes and some of them villains. So, are we really justified to criticize the villains? I often imagine that what a particular popular historical figure would have done if he was switched with some presently derided figure. I understand that one nation's hero is another nation's villain. But I'm not looking at it through this lens. Some people (in the US, and I'm not from the US!) might think George Bush did things which damaged his country in certain ways. But if you ask me I won't blame him (at least my mind tells me so). Because in that time slot, circumstances, and prevalent opinion, anyone would have almost done the same.
The problem I'm facing also has secondary implications such as this leads me to believe there is no good and evil. Conditions, circumstances and time decide the degree of good and evil. If the destiny has it that you will do something which people would like and consider good, then you will do it.
I do not intend to make this discussion a political one. As a matter of fact I need your advice that how to judge a person.
Regards
PG
When I was a kid (and it wasn't many years ago!) I used to admire some personalities. That said, I still admire many individuals such as writers and my opinion hasn't changed about them. Particularly when it comes to political leaders I see all of them alike. They are all same to me. Circumstances just make some of them heroes and some of them villains. So, are we really justified to criticize the villains? I often imagine that what a particular popular historical figure would have done if he was switched with some presently derided figure. I understand that one nation's hero is another nation's villain. But I'm not looking at it through this lens. Some people (in the US, and I'm not from the US!) might think George Bush did things which damaged his country in certain ways. But if you ask me I won't blame him (at least my mind tells me so). Because in that time slot, circumstances, and prevalent opinion, anyone would have almost done the same.
The problem I'm facing also has secondary implications such as this leads me to believe there is no good and evil. Conditions, circumstances and time decide the degree of good and evil. If the destiny has it that you will do something which people would like and consider good, then you will do it.
I do not intend to make this discussion a political one. As a matter of fact I need your advice that how to judge a person.
Regards
PG
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