Thursday, March 18, 2010

Why does politics turn to violence?

The nature of a human person is to be good. By being one, a person knows how he wants to be treated by his coworkers and how he wants to be respected. I believe that goodness is within a person and we are all born good, before we get exposed to the evil of society. Being infants, we know nothing but good. We don't hurt people, say mean things to people- we were and will always be good. However, as we grow up, things and society influences us to go farther from good. This leads us to do bad things. There are people who are evil (who does bad things) because society dictates them to. Instances like stealing, cheating, etc are done because of desperateness and not because that person wants to.

People think they can do good because they are born to be good. I believe that humans are kind loving creatures who are harmless. Most of them have the right reasoning in life to know what's right and wrong because they were also brought up by their parents who are born to be good. There is a saying that states "Don't do unto others what you don't want them to do unto you" - I think humans revolve around this statement. People want to be treated with respect, which is why they do things that could go back to them in return. There is also what we call "Karma" which states that when you do something bad, you will get that share of bad luck one day. These beliefs make people do good, since they don't want something bad to happen to them and their loved ones.

What stops people from doing good is their desperateness for something. I think people resort to stealing, hold-ups, cheating, fraud, etc because they don't have a choice anymore. The poor, for instance, steals because they have to feed their families (which, when you think about is also good). In other words, those who steal for money thinks that they are doing good because they are feeding their families. Of course, this does not pertain to all since some people are just simply bad without reason. These people must have issues from birth, making them guiltless regardless of what kind of harm they cause people.

Humans have brains. These brains are used for discernment. This capacity of a human being separates good from evil, making them informed of which is which. People also have conscience, which makes a person realize if he did something bad. These "gifts" from God make a person pure of heart and good. Why then, do some people cause conflict and harm others?

Conflict is not justifiable even though there is a valid reason for this. I believe that the end DOES NOT justify the means. In line with this, world leaders cannot think that the end justify the means because the means is important. Doing something bad will not resolve anything. It definitely won't lead to something good.

World leaders are the models of each state and each representative must act properly for the betterment of the whole country. They represent the country and its people and in order to promote peace and what's right, they must act with goodness. An example is that they shouldn't be corrupt. They could fix the country slowly and prove to the people that their intentions are good. Even though I doubt that world leaders and officials will do good, I am hopeful that there will come a time that we can have a leader who can successfully be a role model and represent the country with pride and glory because of the good things that he'll do for the country.

Knowing the good from evil does not lead to a path that can end global conflict because there's a thin line between knowing and doing. Doing the right thing is so much harder than knowing it because knowing it does not entail actual action. Doing the good can possibly eliminate global conflict, especially if the ideas of global leaders are aligned. This is actually very important because it will not only benefit their respective states, but the whole world and international economy as well.

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