DO GOODING THAT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD

I think the normal assumption with doing good is that is somehow improves things. Make them better and basically is a plus for people.

And there may be situations where that happens to be the case, but not always. To me the exception is when you have somebody whose idea of good isn’t necessarily something that squares with another person’s idea of good.

Take the whole issue of the bible thumpers for example. Many I think are decent enough folks. Doing good is almost a secondary nature with them. At least if you listen to what they say on Sundays. Whether or not it really results in good though is a matter of interpretation.

When it comes to things like say helping the poor and doing general good deeds I would say they probably mean well. And with all the unbelievable evil in the world who could blame them for wanting to change things.

The only problem is that if they just wanted to get rid of the bad that would be a good thing. However they isn’t their idea of doing good. There idea in so many ways seems connected with good being only what they enjoy.

Which boils down to simply them expecting the rest of us to conform to their idea of good and fun. I’m sorry, but that just doesn’t work for me.

The way I see it good really isn’t good if it ends up making things worse. Or you end up with them basically substituting one form of abuse for another. And let me tell you if you do something even if it intended as good, but it is something that gives people grief and takes away their freedom in the process I don’t consider that to be a good thing. Not for me at least.

That for me is the qualifying element. Good ought to really help and not rob people of their freedoms. It can be a tough path to follow though. After all you can’t have freedom without having some clown who decides to abuse his freedoms. This leads to complications and then somebody has to decide what the boundaries of a given freedom happens to be. Which normally ends up falling in the hands of lawyers and politicians and we all know what happens when you do that.

So from my view I wish the people who are committed to doing good would make actually doing good their priority. I know that is silly to expect. After all it is only human nature I suppose that if you do a favor or good deed for someone you expect something in return. And there is no way to completely avoid that I imagine.

Perhaps what we need then is a simple license to do good. Er, I hate to have the boys in Washington be given any more power than they have, but what is needed is some objective standard for goodness. That would rule out stupid stuff like killing other people or taking away their rights. Now the only problem is who in the world can we trust to make those kinds of decision. And don’t expect ME to volunteer. I’m honest enough to know I would just figure a way to profit from it, which is good for me, but I doubt anyone else would like it!