Right and wrong

 Right and wrong.

If one wrong could, in fancy, counter work another or if two wrongs could make one right, then this world would probably have seen more good days than it has. However, reality shows that such is best left where it applies; arithmetic (Where negatives may give a positive outcome). A notion secretly or publicly held and cherished by many is that ‘the end justifies the means’. Would a father’s desire to feed his famished children grant him right to rob another family in the neighbourhood? Or perhaps, would a love smitten lad’s desire to please his possible mate grant him right to steal bars of chocolate? I once came across an inscription that had the words, “If you can’t do good to people, at least do no harm to them.” Simple, yet profound thought indeed. It brings out the value of human life without distinction as to class, caste or race. Our greatest sympathies may not warrant us to project heinous acts yet we oft see them every now and then, and rightly so because no one would love to live in constant fear and horror. Why would anyone take pleasure in atrocities, even for a great ransom? We may never fully understand. Perhaps time will tell a better tale. Perhaps ignorance will save us greater pain for now. Perhaps we need to appreciate our own lives to appreciate that of others.

So wrong can never be right, at least not without first stripping right of its right.