Mercy

I like to think a lot of things. Some of the things I think about are true, some are not, some can be, and some can never be. That's me covering as many bases as I can. I know that as of the time of this writing, man will never be able to fly without the use of an airplane, helicopter, etc: a non-organic flight apparatus attachment supplement / we can't grow wings. I know that certainly for a fact there is such a thing as mercy. As such, it should follow then that mercy is found everywhere, if in trace amounts at least. Well, genuine mercy is found in trace amounts. So miniscule that one mistakenly thinks it doesn't exist and therefore sweepingly dismiss it. In the same way that people think chivalry is dead, people think mercy is fossilized and buried. Nothing could be further from the truth. Both are very much alive, if on life support at least.

There's actually an overwhelming sense of mercy if you look hard enough. The problem is that very very few people are merciful, or genuine about it. There's clemency, reprieves, a helping hand, a few bucks to help you get some food, being told the truth, and having someone hold you when you're in horrible fucking pain. And the most obvious is just being there.

The problem regarding exists with people, at least in certain parts of the western world. I can't really comment on the non-Western part(s) of the world because I haven't studied them nor do I know enough about them to make any statement that would even approach fact. (read: I'd sound like a total ass if I wrote about them, knowing nothing). The opportunity for mercy is a recurring one but there are people who just shirk their responsibility to do good for others. Even if doing good for another person would also provide a benefit of some sort, there are those who still say "fuck it". What to do with those kinds of people?

Show them mercy and hope that they learn to do the same for others, even if it isn't for an altruistic reason. Though the goal would be to lend a helping hand out of the goodness (that should exist) in your own heart, not because you want to have someone by the balls as to help a sinister motive of yours later on. The same goes for providing a shoulder to cry on because you want to minimize the other person's grief, not because you want to cop a feel.

Mercy isn't dead, it's just walking with a horrible limp because there are many terrible people in the world.