It is an oft repeated
claim that 'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that
good men do nothing.' but it is not strictly true. Evil has to be
doing something while the good men rest.
What you may not be
aware of, unless you subscribe to the Evil Newsletter, is that evil
never rests. I have an evil friend, and he shows me the newsletter.
He's not supposed to, but the evil aren't big on following rules.
That's part of what makes them evil.
They're a surprisingly
organised bunch. Shifts, forecasts, projected aims and outcomes,
emergency numbers in the event someone is found to be shirking their
evil duty, and a fiendishly difficult crossword, it's all in the newsletter.
Women, of course, are
capricious, and bring balance to men by constantly being at odds with
what they want to accomplish, whether that be for good or ill.
Neither good nor evil themselves, they serve an important function,
but can be ignored with regards philosophy of higher ideals. This is
why Burke left them out of his famous statement. We shouldn't
excoriate them, rather celebrate that they are here to temper and
moderate our extremes.
The worst kind of evil,
the most damaging, is that which masquerades as good. No-one is more
dangerous than a wrong-doer convinced they are Doing The Right Thing.
These are the bigots.
The zealots. The extremists. People who want to save us from
ourselves.
These people don't
subscribe to the evil newsletter. They don't consider themselves to
be evil, and though they may agree with some of the ideas expressed
in the newsletter, often they feel that suggested practises don't go
far enough, or methods of implementation are too insidious. People
who Do The Right Thing have no need of insidious methods. Right, as
they see it, is on their side.
They freely dispense
their advice, heedless of the fact that no-one asked for it. They
may write a blog, ridiculing people who don't share their point of
view. They divide the world into 'Them' and 'Us' categories.
The real problem is
that they muddy the waters, blurring the lines between those of us
who are good and those who are evil, which evil-doers can at times
exploit, promoting fear and paranoia.
Henceforth, my blog
will be an unofficial newsletter for the good. Please be aware that
your opinion of what is good may differ to mine, but as I am arbiter,
you should revise your opinion accordingly.
Love, even unto the
women. (Especially unto the women). (Exactly the same proportion of
love to the men and the women).
Be excellent to each
other.x
