Or they were good people who didn't think that the deaths of their families was a fair price to pay to get a book published. It's easy to demand heroism from the comfort of your home, but by 1938 there were plenty of examples of what happened to people who tried to stand up to the Nazis in Germany.
While that is true, it also makes it sound as if acting against evil is easy. How much are you willing to sacrifice for your principles? Would you, honestly now, choose to sacrifice your own life and the lives of everyone you love to get a single fantasy novel published?
There's merit to picking your battles. For a man to risk torture and death by joining the resistance, or sheltering refugees, or crossing the border and defecting to the other side--that at least makes some sense. But to publish a novel? Not even an incendiary novel of revolution to fire the people's hearts, but a cheery, inoffensive fairy tale? What a pointless sacrifice that would be.
wow, minus 4 karma. Hell Nazis don't need to threaten my family, I will turn evil for karma.
I do think that being a Good Person is far more than not simply being evil. I say this not as a Good Person, willing to wait to be sure everyone else is on my side before I speak out.
I have a lot of empathy for the priest who wrote that famous line. And I suspect my fate would be similar, if pressed.
I'm feeling a little upset by that. A twenties spent fighting the government and campaigning to change laws, now a middle age settled to rubbing along if my family is left alone. Will still turn evil for Karma though
Odd, this is probably my biggest karma loss, but apart from a certain facetiousness I agree with my words. I sadly have lost a certain "Goodness" over the years.
