Mercy is on odd thing. What's been bugging me about mercy is that the more likely it is that you possess it, the more likely it is that your enemies don't. In the over the top, grandiose way that I think about this, say there was a battle. I, the merciful one, have been captured by my unmerciful enemy. (you could ask why my enemy has to be unmerciful. Because I said grandiose, meaning there's probably some element of good vs. evil) Now, I probably have a mosquito's chance of surviving a napalm blast(barring some daring rescue on the part of my adoring followers) whereas should my enemy be captured by my forces, I will be merciful and let the bugger off the hook.
Huh. I think there is a point where being 'good' becomes detrimental. But this leads down a road of useless, moral-compromising justification.
Honestly, I'm just waiting for this episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia to buffer.
Rambling and Dyspeptic,
Rothgar.
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