[Her reply takes a while, partially because she has a lot to say and partially because she wants to be sure the wording conveys exactly what she means.]
Nothing is black and white. There are only varying shades of gray, some darker, some lighter, and still constantly changing. There are no good sides and bad sides, only people. There are truly good people out there and truly bad people. But then there are good people who do bad things and bad people who do good things. And then there are just people who coast along, neither good nor bad, just trying to live their lives as well as they can with what they know.
Labeling entire groups by the actions of a few makes it far too easy. 'Us' and 'them'. It makes it easy to hate. It makes it easy to rationalize terrible things. I am sure it is part of what lead to the creation of your sisters, this notion of 'us' and 'them'... As I am sure it is how you were able to do everything that you did in your world as well...
I won't pretend that I always had this view. If you had asked me this four years ago I would have given a very different answer, but four years ago I hadn't experienced civil war. I hadn't been caught between the sides of said war three times over. I hadn't died because of it then brought back to life to dwell on it every second I still breathe here.
Black and white is too simple. With black and white there is no room for error, change or forgiveness.
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Nothing is black and white. There are only varying shades of gray, some darker, some lighter, and still constantly changing. There are no good sides and bad sides, only people. There are truly good people out there and truly bad people. But then there are good people who do bad things and bad people who do good things. And then there are just people who coast along, neither good nor bad, just trying to live their lives as well as they can with what they know.
Labeling entire groups by the actions of a few makes it far too easy. 'Us' and 'them'. It makes it easy to hate. It makes it easy to rationalize terrible things. I am sure it is part of what lead to the creation of your sisters, this notion of 'us' and 'them'... As I am sure it is how you were able to do everything that you did in your world as well...
I won't pretend that I always had this view. If you had asked me this four years ago I would have given a very different answer, but four years ago I hadn't experienced civil war. I hadn't been caught between the sides of said war three times over. I hadn't died because of it then brought back to life to dwell on it every second I still breathe here.
Black and white is too simple. With black and white there is no room for error, change or forgiveness.