((*laughs* It's okay. I think I figured it out anyway. XD))
"I don't," Adam agreed. "'Cause what would people learn if I fixed all their problems? Don't seem to me like they'd be very good people. There'd be no point to havin' free will anymore if I was makin' all the decisions. An' then there'd be no point to people."
Appropos of seemingly nothing, he added, "Seems to me that if someone kills a whale, they oughta know all they've got is a dead whale. But it's about knowing the consequences an' makin' choices anyway. In the end, it's gotta be up to them if they're gonna make things better or not. I 'spect if Heaven an' Hell stop messin' 'round with 'em, they might jus' figure it out on their own. So, instead of changin' things the way I want, I jus' make it so that they can change things the way they want, for good or bad. They're jus' names for sides, anyhow. But if it's gonna be a fair experiment, it should be fair an' no one should interfere in the results. Far as I can tell, people tend to swing to the middle anyway. 's all 'bout balance, an' that's where I c'n help. See, bad stuff is sometimes the only way to make good stuff happen. Without sufferin' there'd be no change at all an' people would stagnate away. Make sense?"
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Date: 2007-05-31 08:12 pm (UTC)"I don't," Adam agreed. "'Cause what would people learn if I fixed all their problems? Don't seem to me like they'd be very good people. There'd be no point to havin' free will anymore if I was makin' all the decisions. An' then there'd be no point to people."
Appropos of seemingly nothing, he added, "Seems to me that if someone kills a whale, they oughta know all they've got is a dead whale. But it's about knowing the consequences an' makin' choices anyway. In the end, it's gotta be up to them if they're gonna make things better or not. I 'spect if Heaven an' Hell stop messin' 'round with 'em, they might jus' figure it out on their own. So, instead of changin' things the way I want, I jus' make it so that they can change things the way they want, for good or bad. They're jus' names for sides, anyhow. But if it's gonna be a fair experiment, it should be fair an' no one should interfere in the results. Far as I can tell, people tend to swing to the middle anyway. 's all 'bout balance, an' that's where I c'n help. See, bad stuff is sometimes the only way to make good stuff happen. Without sufferin' there'd be no change at all an' people would stagnate away. Make sense?"