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<p> <em> Humanity </em> </p> <p> <em> </em> </p> <p> <em> Evil is evil. </em> </p> <p> <em> Lesser, greater, middling. </em> </p> <p> <em> The definition of evil has blurred through the centuries and milenia, its meaning arbitrary. </em> </p> <p> <em> If a gun was pointed at my head and I were told to make a choice between a lesser greater or middling evil. </em> </p> <p> <em> I'd rather not choose at all and die. </em> </p> <p> <em> For one simple reason, my death shall bring solace to those who hate me and little to no sorrow for my loved ones. </em> </p> <p> <em> For my nature is human and humans are inherently evil. </em> </p> <p> <em> Some say that humanity is inherently evil, but is it ? </em> </p> <p> <em> It is. </em> </p> <p> <em> No animal has tried to hurt me of ill will, it was a self defensive mechanism which had been ingrained in to it's mind through ageless time. </em> </p> <p> <em> Yet a human has, many times, too many to count. </em> </p> <p> <em> Lovers have betrayed me, men who I've called friends stabbed me in the back to spend their time. </em> </p> <p> <em> Humanity is twisted and wicked, we have the sense of right and wrong and yet we still do harm unto others even when we know it is wrong. </em> </p> <p> <em> And for what? </em> </p> <p> <em> Because we are bored and when harm is done out of boredom it is the true form of evil. </em> </p> <p> <em> Most of us fear the night for it is dark and full of terrors which we do not understand. </em> </p> <p> <em> And yet we do not realise we are those monsters that roam the night. </em> </p> <p> <em> We terrorize our fellow humans to quench our greed and thirst for thrill, and an adrenaline rush to speed up our lives. </em> </p> <p> <em> We made legends to prove humans are not evil or frenzied beasts, yet all of those mythoses are based upon humans. </em> </p> <p> <em> Humanity is evil and to disprove our nature we made legends to give ourselves salvation from our inherently evil nature. </em> </p> <p> <em> Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling… </em> </p>

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<p>Humanity</p> <p>Evil is evil.</p> <p>Lesser, greater, middling.</p> <p>The definition of evil has blurred through the centuries and milenia, its meaning arbitrary.</p> <p>If a gun was pointed at my head and I were told to make a choice between a lesser greater or middling evil.</p> <p>I'd rather not choose at all and die.</p> <p>For one simple reason, my death shall bring solace to those who hate me and little to no sorrow for my loved ones.</p> <p>For my nature is human and humans are inherently evil.</p> <p>Some say that humanity is inherently evil, but is it ?</p> <p>It is.</p> <p>No animal has tried to hurt me of ill will, it was a self defensive mechanism which had been ingrained in to it's mind through ageless time.</p> <p>Yet a human has, many times, too many to count.</p> <p>Lovers have betrayed me, men who I've called friends stabbed me in the back to spend their time.</p> <p>Humanity is twisted and wicked, we have the sense of right and wrong and yet we still do harm unto others even when we know it is wrong.</p> <p>And for what?</p> <p>Because we are bored and when harm is done out of boredom it is the true form of evil.</p> <p>Most of us fear the night for it is dark and full of terrors which we do not understand.</p> <p>And yet we do not realise we are those monsters that roam the night.</p> <p>We terrorize our fellow humans to quench our greed and thirst for thrill, and an adrenaline rush to speed up our lives.</p> <p>We made legends to prove humans are not evil or frenzied beasts, yet all of those mythoses are based upon humans.</p> <p>Humanity is evil and to disprove our nature we made legends to give ourselves salvation from our inherently evil nature.</p> <p>Evil is evil. Lesser, greater, middling…</p>

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