Not Evil Enough

I have been told so many times before that I somehow lack the *evil* gene. Now yes, I know that’s a good thing, but I somehow feel I need to be a bit naughty.

Sure, I can lie a bit, cheat a bit, even hurt people a bit– but it seems I will never be evil enough. I make mistakes sure, but that doesn’t count as being evil because it’s part of being a human being.

Har. I remember someone telling me off when I tried to crack a joke way back…

Cute, Camille. But not funny. You’re funny in a… wholesome way. You’re not evil enough to be really really funny– even hilarious.

Weh? What was that? Not evil enough to be funny? Psh. I can throw pies at people’s faces too you know! That is, if you just let me.

. . .

Okay, fine. So I can’t be funny. So I dismissed the idea of making people laugh and settled on making people smile. (I can make people smile right?)

So I get by…

Until I graduated and needed to find work. I was then advised by a senior on how to get the job I wanted.

Camille, in this world, you can’t be too good. You have to be strong, be a fighter– and I’m sorry to say you’re not evil enough for it.

What? First, I can’t be funny– now I can’t make it in this world if I’m not evil enough? And I even lack that? Okay, how am I supposed to survive the real world now? *sob*sniff*sob*

But hey, am here, surviving. 2 years in the evil real world, conquered evil people who steal money nonetheless. Har! So who’s not evil enough now?

From the Character Alignment Quiz, you are:

Neutral Good

“Benefactor”

A neutral good character does good for goodness’ sake, not because he is directed to by law or by whim. Such a character will obey the law, or break it when he sees it will serve a greater good. He isn’t bound strongly to a social system or order. His need to help others and reduce suffering may take precedence over all else.

This alignment desires good without bias for or against order.

A doctor who treats both sides in a fight and an aid worker who feeds the starving in a war zone are both examples of neutral good characters.

Hawkeye Pierce and Gandalf are examples of the Neutral Good type in wider fiction. (description from Wikipedia)

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Scrolls down.

Result #2: Lawful Good

Result #3: Chaotic Good

Still good.

What?!

How evil should one be anyway? Chaotic Good? True Neutral? Lawful Evil? And what is considered evil enough anyway?

No, no, am not saying that I don’t like being *good*. I owe it to the fact that I believe there is a lot of good in this world where it should be. And no, I am not being high and mighty stating that “I am good! Follow me!”

But how does one get to be evil enough and still be good? Did that even make sense?

With that out of the way, may I ask you a question?

Am I really not evil enough? Am I really sometimes too good for my own good?

O_o

 

Commentaries

Evil person 7/04/06 - 3:34 pm [#]

to be evil is to live like a normal human would do. lie, cheat, and make mistakes for the sake of surviving, regardless of the religious order he/she belongs to.

don’t mind me, i am just blabbering.

   
Amanda 7/04/06 - 4:11 pm [#]

Am I really not evil enough? Am I really sometimes too good for my own good?

Evil enough to what? Survive in this world? Make it to the top?

But how does one get to be evil enough and still be good? Did that even make sense?

I’m the last person to give pointers on this since my halo’s missing, but anyway.

Sometimes being “good” just doesn’t cut it. In my view, society considers good as equated to weakness, and evil equated to strength. Sometimes it’s vice versa. Being weak can be categorized under good. I.E, if you’re a pushover, letting people run roughshod over you, people say, “she’s too nice/good, that’s why.” When the truth is, you could actually just be too weak to defend your rights. etc.

Being weak or strong isn’t good or evil respectively. There are people who are evil because they’re weak, and people who are good because they’re strong enough not to catipulate to being evil.

I’ve got a couple more thoughts on this but my thoughts are all over the place right now, so sorry if this didn’t make much sense. I’ll see if I can sort it out later.

 
kyameel 7/04/06 - 4:50 pm [#]

So you say that each person is innately evil? Which philosopher said that again? Was that Thomas Hobbes?

While Rousseau contended man is by nature good.

*dizzy*

 
kyameel 7/04/06 - 4:53 pm [#]

Evil enough to what? Survive in this world? Make it to the top?

Yes. I was leading to that. I guess I didn’t make it clear.

Being weak or strong isn’t good or evil respectively. There are people who are evil because they’re weak, and people who are good because they’re strong enough not to catipulate to being evil.

I think I understand.

I’ve got a couple more thoughts on this but my thoughts are all over the place right now, so sorry if this didn’t make much sense. I’ll see if I can sort it out later.

Take your time. smiley

   
ami 7/04/06 - 5:27 pm [#]

Oh I forgot! Having said the above, yes, I do believe that this is possible:
But how does one get to be evil enough and still be good? Did that even make sense?

 
kyameel 7/04/06 - 5:28 pm [#]

Okay, so taking this in consideration for the matter at hand… am not evil enough for this generation? lol

 
ami 7/04/06 - 5:53 pm [#]

Haha, maybe. smiley You can’t force it though. Sabi nga sa Petshop of Horrors, “What is it that you truly desire?”. If your heart doesn’t want to be NOT GOOD, something will always hold you back from being NOT GOOD. smiley And where’s the fun if you force it? It’s just like having schizophrenia and knowing that you have it.

After all, INSANE people don’t know they’re INSANE. I guess the same thing works with being EVIL. Evil people don’t really know they’re evil, they always have a way to justify what they do - it doesn’t matter if it’s as meaningless as doing it for fun.

   
kyameel 7/04/06 - 6:34 pm [#]

since some people have that impression of you already… it’s a good start =D

I guess so… ^_^

i like you the way you are though… there are too many “evil” people in the world.

Thank you, Ain! *hug*

   
Ferdz 9/04/06 - 8:52 pm [#]

Hmmm this talk of good and evil…

I’d still go by what Shakespeare said:

There is neither good or bad but thinking makes it so.

   
kyameel 10/04/06 - 8:45 am [#]

thanks ferdz! ^_^

 

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