LAST EDITED ON 03-19-13 AT 09:23 AM (EST)You do what is right -- because it is right. Good is an absolute. The world is not. There are laws that are meant to protect people, yes. Those laws can help and you'll follow them whenever possible. And sometimes those laws get in the way. There are times when those laws are evil in and of themselves, and in either case? You will break them to do what's right. The world can call you a criminal for it. Society can label you as unmutual because you're willing to help anyone, not just those few lucky enough to be fully defined as citizens, or holy, or just as people. Let them. Maybe you'll build new laws. Maybe you'll keep breaking the ones already present. Whatever works best for the greatest number.
There are times when you've met evil with an outstretched hand and offer of comfort instead of a fist and sword. Sometimes it even worked. And when it didn't, that hand became a fist quickly enough, and a sword is always close by. Just because you can fight doesn't mean you always want to. Is it more important to turn someone away from evil or punish them for it? That's a variable -- one you recognize where others don't.
To do what is right. Not because someone says you must. Not because a structure of any kind dictates your actions. But because it. is. right.
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It's not easy. But it has to be done. And you're the one who has to do it. Because once you've seen that action must be taken -- how can you do anything else?