Come to the Dark Side - Emily Salamanca

         I believe, like most that there is no incarnation of pure 'evil' and pure 'goodness'. This can be shown through all characters, fictional or real. Those who are considered 'antagonistic' and pure evil and merely what they perceive is right. From the audience's standpoint, this is the opposite of what their good is. Likewise, the same can be said about a good person who can be viewed as evil from the opposite point of view. Also, there could an instance where there is no clear good or bad, wrong or right. For example, there is a paradigm known as the 'Trolley Problem'. Imagine there is one track that splits off into two tracks. On Side A, there are 8 people tied onto the track, but on Side B, there are only 4 people tied on. There is a train that is going to roll onto Side A, unless you, the person in control of the track, switches the hinge so that the train instead rolls onto Side B, where only 4 people are strapped down. However, if you do switch the hinge, then you have become an aid in the murder of 4 people. You then have 2 options: Do nothing and let 8 people die, but get to live a free live out of jail; or, make the switch and let 4 people die, but condemn yourself to life in prison. In this situation, regardless of what decision you make, people have died because of it.