• Great points. Thanks for translating! Sometimes all it takes is an additional viewpoint to bridge the gaps in communication. I appreciate your input. (Three cheers for empathy!)

  • Absolutely not. If I'm going to hurt someone else in a way that makes me "happy" and insist that what I'm doing to them isn't "bad," that's not taking responsibility for my actions against them. That's making excuses. That is pretending "bad" doesn't exist because I don't want or like my actions being spoken against.

    Sure, the have universe doesn't care what humans think, but that doesn't mean we are loftier than the existence of "bad." "Bad" doesn't exist to "rob you of happiness," it exists because we can't get our way all the time without infringing on others. Some things we might do are bad. Some people try not to do them. Others make excuses.

  • I feel like the "what makes bad things fun" is because no one is "good" all the way, so it's interesting to explore that other side. It's a way of acknowledging imperfection. With villains, too, sometimes they're written better and more complexly than other characters. And it's always interesting to see how much we can relate to the "bad guys"--sort of like leaning over the edge of a canyon. Dangerous but in a safer, fictitious way.

  • Bad actions exist. Pretending that "bad" is only a human or religious construct, and unreal, is irresponsible. A person's actions (or inactions) have an effect on those around them.