Come to the dark side, Luke. Eliza Jane Schaeffer

Absolute is one of those all or nothing words. It takes one example to the contrary to take away the title of "absolute". That's why I don't believe in absolute good and evil. Even the most despicable scum have some good attributes if you look hard enough.  Psychopaths have goals and ambitions- goal-setting is good. Serial killers often have unfulfilled love and belonging needs or mental illness, so can they really be held accountable for their actions on a moral level? The archetypal Mean Girl has self-confidence issues. Even the evil queen in Snow White just wanted to be considered pretty. Are these people one hundred percent, without a doubt, all or nothing evil? I don't think so. Somewhere, in everyone, is a tiny little light of goodness. For some, it's a bonfire, and for others it's a candle, but fire is fire. 

The same goes for good. How many times have we heard it said (or sung in the case of Hannah Montana) "Nobody's perfect"? We all lie and cheat and steal. We copy eachother's homework. We are mean to those who are kind to us. Because we are human. The same goes for classic saintly figures, such as Mother Teresa or Gandhi. Don't try to tell me that they went their entire lives without saying something mean. 

I think the Chinese had it right when they created the Ying Yang. There's a bad and a good and there's good in the bad and bad in the good. That applies to people as well.