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I just got one of those dreaded messages from my son
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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686729" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>Well, good and bad are subjective. In a perfect world, a perfectly sane good person will make perfectly good choices. But things aren't that black and white. Generally, good people do good things, and bad people do bad things. They say there are only 2 things that can make a good person do a bad thing; religion, and addiction. Regardless of how you feel about the religion part, this does hold true with the addiction part. It is a vast expanse of gray. Otherwise decent people do awful things. People should be judged by their actions, sure, but there are things to consider. An addict being an addict isn't quite the same thing as your good child becoming a bad person. It is a situation where your otherwise good child does very bad things. And the cause is clear. They can come back from it. They aren't just transformed into a monster forever. Only when they actively use. The mind heals like the body heals. It just takes work, and time. They don't just lose their conscience, or their ability to differentiate right from wrong. It might be more forgivable if that were the case, but it isn't. Addiction takes EVERYTHING from us. Not just our physical belongings. Our pride, our compassion, our common decency, and our moral standards. But it doesn't have to be forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686729, member: 20267"] Well, good and bad are subjective. In a perfect world, a perfectly sane good person will make perfectly good choices. But things aren't that black and white. Generally, good people do good things, and bad people do bad things. They say there are only 2 things that can make a good person do a bad thing; religion, and addiction. Regardless of how you feel about the religion part, this does hold true with the addiction part. It is a vast expanse of gray. Otherwise decent people do awful things. People should be judged by their actions, sure, but there are things to consider. An addict being an addict isn't quite the same thing as your good child becoming a bad person. It is a situation where your otherwise good child does very bad things. And the cause is clear. They can come back from it. They aren't just transformed into a monster forever. Only when they actively use. The mind heals like the body heals. It just takes work, and time. They don't just lose their conscience, or their ability to differentiate right from wrong. It might be more forgivable if that were the case, but it isn't. Addiction takes EVERYTHING from us. Not just our physical belongings. Our pride, our compassion, our common decency, and our moral standards. But it doesn't have to be forever. [/QUOTE]
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