Originally posted by: blue-ice
The acts of killing , stealing ,lying will always be wrong...u can justify them under some circumstances...and the need to justify them arises from the fact that they are basically wrong...
BTW is it justified for Robinhood to steal from a rich ..who attained his riches because of his hard work and sacrifices and give it to a poor who is poor because he doesn't want to move his lazy behind...the idea of socialism never appealed to me...
The rich Robin Hood stole from were not people who became rich through hard work. They were feudal lords who exploited the common man with high taxes. The poor whom he gave to were not lazy, but who worked night and day on their land only to give their produce and profits to the feudal lords. His arch enemy the Sheriff of Nottingham is a very unscrupulous and unethical person. IN essence Robin Hood was doing what was fair.
Robin Hood was actually very loyal to Richard the Lionheart. If you saw the most latest version of the Robin Hood movie it covers exactly how feudal lords in England used their king's absence to unlawfully and unfairly gain wealth by exploiting the people. It eventually leads to King John having to sign the Magna Carta in 1215. After the Greek City states, that is the one defining moment that was the stepping stone to democracy as we know it today. Robin Hood is just legendary fiction. But the people like Robin Hood who inspired the ballads and stories, were not just thieves, outlaws or lazy troublemakers but men and women who stood up to feudalism and monarchy to pave way for democracy and fairness to all people. If that took stealing back, what was stolen from them, so be it.
Even killing and lying are relative.
Would it be wrong to kill someone who attempted to rape you or is raping someone else? Would it be wrong to kill someone who is in the middle of mindlessly firing on innocents?
Was it wrong of the French rebels to lie to the Nazis that they were not harboring Jews? Would it be wrong to lie in order to protect an innocent or the unfairly persecuted?
Arjun
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