tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post3724878044532161146..comments2024-02-21T23:33:41.359-07:00Comments on Only a little Sugar-Coated: Wicked!!!jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-89249649439174102522012-07-31T17:21:33.511-06:002012-07-31T17:21:33.511-06:00Balance is good. Good is not balance though. Good ...Balance is good. Good is not balance though. Good things are a result of balance, because balance is good. Extreme and corrupt are bad. Bad is not extreme or corrupt. Bad things are the result of an extreme and/or corruption. The concept of an extreme good is more just a figure of speech. If something was really extremely good it would usually cause bad things. Sugar is a simple example of this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543996058253240923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-55880397104041614552012-07-30T20:32:26.625-06:002012-07-30T20:32:26.625-06:00It was AWESOME! It would have been even more aweso...It was AWESOME! It would have been even more awesome if you were there too. Maybe we need to all see it together in the future?<br /><br />AND I love you! Thanks for making Wicked happen for me!jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-25801710908523887132012-07-30T12:20:58.348-06:002012-07-30T12:20:58.348-06:00So glad you liked Wicked, kinda wish I could have ...So glad you liked Wicked, kinda wish I could have gone with you but am so glad you both loved it so much. There are so many things that could be paralleled to the story. Even though sometimes I have been known to say some people are evil, I don't really believe they are, but there have been some who let evil overtake them and then it is hard to distinguish between the doer and the deed. Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225525158114828242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-2839506608014863602012-07-29T12:22:04.297-06:002012-07-29T12:22:04.297-06:00I like that definition. I pretty much agree with i...I like that definition. I pretty much agree with it. However, that does make a lot of people who believe they are good, evil.<br /><br />I defined that kind of controlling and manipulative behavior as abusive. And I write about abusive behavior a lot. I have a hard time calling it evil, only because the word evil has such harsh connotations. <br /><br />Are there evil people? Or just evil actionsjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-89939020476769949212012-07-29T12:16:23.461-06:002012-07-29T12:16:23.461-06:00I agree with you that good and bad are generally j...I agree with you that good and bad are generally just opinions, not facts. I prefer chocolate ice cream, but that doesn't make it good. I don't like huckleberry ice cream, but that doesn't make it bad.<br /><br />I'm not sure I understand what you mean by good being in balance and bad being extreme. Is there such a thing as extreme good?<br />And if good things fit into a balancedjenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-54411308802272326472012-07-29T01:38:37.771-06:002012-07-29T01:38:37.771-06:00I loved being able to go see it with you sis! For ...I loved being able to go see it with you sis! For me, I've often thought of "evil" as more or less attempting to control or improve yourself or your surroundings through actions that limit, impede, destroy, or disable someones ability to improve themselves internally. <br /><br />By being a person that seeks to take away or limit other people's abilities and freedoms that's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342362750610510250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-68820305596856407072012-07-27T22:03:31.001-06:002012-07-27T22:03:31.001-06:00I love your blog. It always has a way of getting m...I love your blog. It always has a way of getting my brain going. Not too long ago I realized that good and bad are just labels that are more opinionated than fact. I stopped believing in them. There had to be a good and bad though, and this led me to what I currently see as good and bad. Things that are good are things in balance. Bad things are always caused by corruption and/or extremism. I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543996058253240923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-30648848220859382232012-07-26T08:40:02.278-06:002012-07-26T08:40:02.278-06:00I really liked that article. I think the quote I a...I really liked that article. I think the quote I agreed with the most was in the last paragraph, "In the end, it’s a word that says more about the helplessness of the accuser than it does the transgressor." Evil is the word used to describe and explain something that doesn't make sense. It helps give some sense to the senseless. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing this with me!<br /><br jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-13521981224440320592012-07-25T23:17:25.455-06:002012-07-25T23:17:25.455-06:00Interestingly, The New Yorker just published the a...Interestingly, The New Yorker just published the artcle, "What do we mean by Evil?" http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/07/james-holmes-aurora-and-the-meaning-of-evil.html?mobify=0tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887631820699173592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-23184890251537257672012-07-25T17:49:10.919-06:002012-07-25T17:49:10.919-06:00Oh yes. I like that line too. It was pretty powerf...Oh yes. I like that line too. It was pretty powerful for me a few years ago. In the beginning of recovery, I was so afraid of being alone. SO afraid people wouldn't want to be with me, the real me, and I was terrified.<br /><br />Flying free sounded like a dream that could never happen.jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-30155189609869590942012-07-25T17:47:07.830-06:002012-07-25T17:47:07.830-06:00I'm glad you liked it. :)I'm glad you liked it. :)jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-16960709130686106682012-07-25T17:46:28.768-06:002012-07-25T17:46:28.768-06:00I think you'd like it. (But I might be biased,...I think you'd like it. (But I might be biased, since I loved it.)jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-46975507722492835132012-07-25T17:46:07.084-06:002012-07-25T17:46:07.084-06:00Things definitely are not that simple, and yes we&...Things definitely are not that simple, and yes we've heard it over and over and over... and over. :)jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-65824124377852930162012-07-25T15:44:11.175-06:002012-07-25T15:44:11.175-06:00That is an interesting connection to the BKP quote...That is an interesting connection to the BKP quote. I love Wicked and how one can make so many parallels to life with the story. Another part of Defying Gravity I love: <br /><br />As someone told me lately<br />"Everyone deserves the chance to fly" <br />And if I'm flying solo <br />At least I'm flying free<br />To those who'd ground me <br />Take a message back form me <brKristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17468891212832471958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-78249827358887398842012-07-24T10:06:03.081-06:002012-07-24T10:06:03.081-06:00I've never listened to the Wicked music before...I've never listened to the Wicked music before...well, when Justin's been singing, but I've never listened to the words and I don't really know what the story's about. But I've been listening and paying attention to the words. I really like this song. Thanks for sharing it. Those lyrics are powerful. Also, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It's been a long time coming.Diamond Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998155067163092893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-14997122688200987642012-07-22T21:10:43.359-06:002012-07-22T21:10:43.359-06:00That sounds awesome, I'd love to see Wicked.That sounds awesome, I'd love to see Wicked.yetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063558865333842640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-15720174117964133292012-07-22T18:16:57.019-06:002012-07-22T18:16:57.019-06:00I'm so jealous that you got to see Wicked. I h...I'm so jealous that you got to see Wicked. I have every since I saw it on the Tony awards however many years ago. You are right. Things aren't black and white and society tends to want it to be that way. However as we have had the opportunity to learn (and hear over and over and over again) things aren't that simple.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082899802770805556noreply@blogger.com