shazba
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I think evil is a bit too strong a word to be used here to begin with. But whatever.
Your DA argument is based on Daddio's intent. Thats irrelevant. Even if he believes he's doing it for Maya's benefit, to save her eternal soul, he's still dirtying his hands. He's tricked her with the student loan and is threatening to fuck up her entire future with debt over it. Its his actions that are evil, and thats what makes him a piece of shit.
The logic you're using in this post is the same justification those insane religious nutjob parents who kill their kids to save their souls use.
As an interesting parallel to this current discussion:The father is an individual and thus he can freely decide about his thoughts and actions.
Personally, I do not like religion very much. In the name of religion, many atrocities have been committed in the history of mankind and religion has set back the scientific development of mankind by centuries. I believe in God. But the Holy Books were written by people. The holy places were built by people. No human being knows what God expects or does not expect, and I refuse to believe that God wants people to hurt, oppress and humiliate each other.
To get back to the subject, yes Maya's father can be very religious (ethics) for all I care. But does it give him the right to force his beliefs (morals) on Maya?
Since his moral compass is determined by his beliefs, the father thinks he is in the right. But Maya has a different ethical philosophy, which is not in accordance with his morals, and thus the conflict arises. Maya's rights to live as an independent individual are restricted by the father and that is injustice. In Germany, this is even laid down by law.
In principle, in this question DPC plays with our moral and ethical values. And on the basis of this debate in the thread, you can see what moral and ethical convictions some participants in the discussion have. But I will not convict anyone here because of that.
A girl I dated ages ago was dating a guy (prior to me) who her parents seriously didn't approve of. They threatened to disown her if she kept going with him. She ignored them, they got very upset, she left home, and eventually she discovered he was already engaged to another girl and was just messing with her.
She was very hurt, ended up going back to her parents and they took her in, no questions asked. And at no point did they actually disown her.
So they were right, this guy was a piece of garbage, but she wouldn't listen (young girls "in love" can be pretty brainless) and they didn't want her to get hurt so they made big threats (and that's all they were, threats) to try and protect her.
In the end she survived it all, the lousy boyfriend, the controlling parents, and once it was all over she saw their point.
Now were her parents overreacting, I mean she survived it and maybe learned a valuable lesson. But she could have been spared all that heartache if she listened to her parents. But how can a parent watch their child totally fuck up and just sit by the sidelines?
Just to make sure there's no confusion here, I was not the garbage guy...