Today in class, Yvonne started us off with a question relating to a quote. I went back into the book (yes, on a snow day!!) to find the quote and read it over. Here is the quote: "...once people know the possibility of evil they will be tempted to use it to the destruction of others and, inevitably themselves."
We talked about the quote a little bit in class and I agree with what it says. The key word is tempted. It says that when people know that there is evil, they are tempted by it, whether to harm others or themselves. It just got me thinking, for all the good that there is in human nature, there is so much more evil. Or maybe, it is just that the evil is much more prominent. When watching the news, a good portion of it is devoted to the crimes that were committed that day. Then, at the very end, they will have a short segment of some "good" news. Most likely it will be how some little boy saved an old woman's cat from a tree. Something like that. Which is more entertaining? A cat saved from a tree, or a bank robbery chase. Of course, I am exaggerating the good news to a simple cat saved from the tree of death, but this is pretty much what it appears like to people. The bad news, the news of criminals and betrayals is what grabs our attention, while any rescues or the likes are given a short hip-hip-hooray! Crime sells, and I think that is what it comes down to in our world today. It just is so much more...appealing to our nature.
Why is it that violence and crime have such a seductive effect on the human mind?
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