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 I don’t pity them. Though most were born as a result of evil done to them, they give it back in spades. 

You see, a good person has evil forced upon them and says, “I will not be that. I will be better.”

But they do not. Evil is forced upon them and they say, “If this was done to me, the. The world deserves this twice over.”

I don’t give them a free pass - they have a choice in their own actions, and they choose poorly. They choose to continue and worsen the cycle rather than trying to break it. 

If they tried and failed, that is something. But there is no attempt. That would mean facing their own demons. And they have no courage. They don’t even know who they are. 

I have no pity, no remorse. There is no emotion saved for them. Not even rage. My heartbeats are worth more than that. 

Took a long time to get here - a long, hard road out of hell.  But I believe it to be the better place.