Moral Paradoxes

These moral paradoxes make me feel like an asshole. But my intentions are good so I guess I'm just a little asshole. I have learned goodness from the goodness of others, but I have also learned goodness from the badness of others. So this isn't to suggest that I haven't learned good from the bad intentions of big assholes; that's just to say I'd rather learn good from the good intentions of little assholes. I believe fate prescribes everything for a reason - all good intentions and bad intentions, and big assholes and little assholes for a reason. There will be something gained from them all. Wisdom maybe. Experience definitely. But that reason is irrational and subjective. More moral paradoxes. Man, I hate paradoxes; they'll drive you mad if you let them. The concepts of good and bad are often irrational and subjective. There are those who think the word "asshole" is bad and to use such words makes you bad. But that's pretty irrational, isn't it? Just because one uses a word that another feels inappropriate doesn't man one is bad; it just means one has a different perspective on the goodness and badness of this word. To call another an asshole when they are not makes you an asshole. But then there are those with deliberate bad intentions. And I believe "asshole" is one of the best words to use to describe those who are being assholes.

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