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Augmenting Evil

Monday, February 13, 2017

"February 13: Calliopean Noise" 
"Motivational Monday: Love is a Motivating Force" 

The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"  prompt DAY 1070
“Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it,” Simone Weil.
Your thoughts on the quote, and in what ways do you think, one can or should react to evil?

I don't think there is any reaction that won't in some small way augment evil. Evil is rampant in the world today that many of use aren't sure about the forms it takes. We recognize its more overt forms, but many of us are not sure about some of its subtler manifestations. This is especially true when the displays and words agree with what we've been taught by our parents or other people in power. Walking away from evil will only cause its to spread like the zika virus. We have to confront evil, but we can't do it in such a way that we make ourselves part of the problem instead of the solution. We have to confront evil while accepting the fact that evil will take our confrontation as a challenge which in itself may augment evil.