The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.(HP Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu)

luni, august 31, 2009

Prologue

What path dwells for those who choose bloodlust and nightfall against the ever lasting sunrise of the human nation ? Of course , some lonely demented Christian preacher would tell you that hell awaits those who shall not follow the path of his god . His merciful and good god , his ever-forgiving god , who burns down cities of sinners and punishes thou who shan't listen his word with eternal suffering . The god everyone asks for when in trouble . A mayor , a policeman , a federal agent all point the electric chair for such "disturbing , social outlaws " as myself . Never thinking that society managed to wreck it's own havoc around only by itself . It happens since the first primitive man for any reason grabbed a stone and bashed his neighbor's head until his skull eventually cracked and the thin line called life brutally snapped . Or , for the more precise Christian story , since Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy , being cursed forever by (again the good , merciful) god . To be honest , I identify myself more with the image of Cain , the murderer with a reason , although I would never kill anybody just for some pitty vengeance ( as vengeance is one of the most powerful sentiments our human kind will ever feel , and it should not be wasted on a lost cause ) . Yet , the reckless , just-to-see-how-it-is killing style of the primitive man suits me as much as a pair of pink jeans suit a die hard goth . I will let You , the reader , find out who and what I really am , but your judging of my actions will have as much effect as a blunt katana on a fully armored Tiger I . What will be done will be damn well done , and what will be written will be written in blood .
At this point , you might be wandering what kind of sick sadistic Charles Manson type of follower I am , what is wrong with me or why am I telling you all of this . To understand a human being , you must first understand their actions . I am not searching understanding in anyone , nor do I care if I will really get some . But understanding is a key part of human survival ; particularly in this writer-reader relationship , understanding plays a very important role for comprehending the nature of my future actions , for looking out of the closed box that society nails around the term of "evil" . So I am not seeking understanding for what I am , I am rather asking you not to label me with all the tired overused stickers that society brings on those of my kind , if you fully wish to comprehend anything out of what i shall do . If one shall manage to see past the unbreakable wall into the tiny snake hole that can be the only way of reaching the other side , then he can be proud of reaching the ultimate level of understanding .
So , to understand the nature of my actions , you first need to understand the meaning of "evil" . Throughout the years , society has labeled the descendants of the primitive man or Cain as evil . Or not . Evil is in fact a large term , used throughout the centuries as describing that which is opposed to good . In other words , the darkness that opposes the light , the sickness that opposes the health , or the madness that opposes the sanity . Society , in it's every form , had no problem labeling things as evil , once knowing what the good things are all about . What society failed to do , whatever , is to stop at some points and review everything it thought worth the label of good . And besides that , it failed to really check the labelers . For an epic of time , the only good accepted in the civilized world was god . The Christian Church , being the way "god would communicate with people" , though had immense powers drawn into it by the Middle Ages . So they were accepted as labelers of good . What our human kind doesn't seem to realize is that between our born instincts also is the ferocious need for power . Everyone of us has it , even though a lot deny it . Many mistake the need for power with greed , not realizing that this "greed" they talk about is one of our basic instincts . Let's just take some simple examples . As a child , who never just once felt the need of growing up for making your own decisions ? Isn't that a demonstration of a need for controlling our own life and the power which comes with it ? Moving on , once you have that power of decision as an adult , would you ever want to loose it ? To have someone else use that power for you ? And if you would ever loose it , wouldn't there be at least one thought of gaining it back ? That is what happened to the church my friends . Having this power of deciding what's good and what's wrong , they tried to destroy everything that would be a menace to this power . Examples vary , from the inquisition , to the destroying of the pagan religion considering it "satanism" , to the crusades and so on . There are many examples which resemble this situation , even though not as direct as exterminating a whole antique religion , that can be found also today . All that the reader should keep in mind is that power is a vital need for any human , although the intensity of the need varies from one man to another .
The point of what I just said was demonstrating that "good" and "evil" are relative terms , and depend strictly on those who have the power of labeling them . The biggest labeler of all time , the Bible , or any of the holy books of any other religions , succeeded on creating a background , a starting point for those who would follow at deciding what is good and wrong . It also left many open gates for those who want to shortcut their way of doing "good" as ten lousy commandments are a number way too small for a set of rules that should be applied to the game named human society ( what the hell , even the simplest boardgames have manuals of at least 2 or 3 pages ) .
Also , the promise of eternal suffering in case of disrespecting these commandments , was another background creator , as being the punishment for those who do "evil" in the idea of the labeler .
Still , I am not saying that things such as murdering without a reason or creating great suffering amongst innocent people are considered evil just because the church and the bible labeled them as that . I feel the need to remind the writer that I have nothing in common with reckless killing , nor with the first caveman criminal . Such foul acts I pity , for wasting the feeling of killing a person , again another one of the most powerful sentiments a human being could ever reach , is as stupid as wasting your money on a Madonna concert . Also , you would have to be a rare specimen of Forrest Gump not to find a serious reason for killing someone if that is what you really desire . I am asking everyone though to forget the normal labels that the church or the bible apply , as they are as accurate as Rick Allen with a sniper rifle .
So , evil occurs when a human beings' need for power outtakes his or hers capability to contain it . Also , there are no actions that can be labeled directly as "good" or "evil" . For every such action can be used on both constructive or destructive purposes , and every action does a variable amount of both good and evil . Sometimes , the good/evil done by a certain action is irrelevant , and that's why we tend to label it solely as the opposite . For example , helping a beggar , considered a good action , will encourage him to continue his actions , which in essence is evil , because he does nothing in exchange for the help he receives . Also it will encourage other people to start begging , hoping to have the same success . On the other side , not helping him will ultimately lead to his death , but will also discourage other potential beggars . Every choice that is made will cause both good and evil , as every action also has a counteraction . And also a couple of choices , be them good or evil , will produce results even after as much as many decades , sometimes proving to be have the exact different effect than what is expected .
What I wanted to say with this , concluding this tour of my sick mind , is that good and evil are relative terms , and depend solely on the one who has the power of labeling them , that there cannot be no supreme or pure "good" and "evil" in the real world , and that there cannot be good without evil and reverse . With this being said , those who comprehended this will judge me less for the appearances , and will understand a lot about the nature of my upcoming actions even from the first sight .