Every day I am faced with an ethical dilemma.<\/p>\n
I never look my mirror self in the eye. One of us is evil. It’s best not to know.<\/p>\n
If I find that I am evil I may have to change my evil ways. As you can imagine, I have a lot of time, money, and effort invested in my evil ways and prefer to think of my ways not as evil<\/i> but as reasonable<\/i> and balanced<\/i>, nay, even, if I may be so bold, necessary<\/i>. Thus I prefer not to know.<\/p>\n
If I find I am the evil one I may snap and decide to go all out<\/i> on the evil front. There would be nothing to contain me. This precludes balance. Will the good me become more good as the evil me becomes more bad? Will this continue until the two universes rupture and split, destroying all? Or will the good version of myself drift inevitably and inextricably toward evil, becoming known as the dreaded lesser evil<\/em>? Either outcome is one I choose to discourage.<\/p>\n If I am the good one I may have to spend the rest of my life challenging the work of my evil mirror universe self. This is a major time commitment, crossing two universes (that may have separate and disparate understandings of good and evil to boot) that I am not comfortable with at this time; and let’s be honest, I never will be. This may be evidence that I am the evil version of myself, a man who cannot be bothered to know the difference between good and evil\u2013 proving that apathy is the greatest evil. But, no, let us* say no more on that front. Yes, I have already forgotten it.<\/p>\n \u2018Til tomorrow.<\/p>\n (* We, Me & I)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every day I am faced with an ethical dilemma. I never look my mirror self in the eye. One of us is evil. It’s best not to know. If I find that I am evil I may have to change my evil ways. As you can imagine, I have a lot of time, money, and effort invested in my evil ways and prefer to think of my ways not as evil but as reasonable and balanced, nay, even, if I may be so bold, necessary. Thus I prefer not to know. 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