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You: Look, a murder is happening right in front of us.
N: Ya but how do we know whether it is right or wrong? No situation is black and white.
You: If we don't do something, someone is going to die. That's surely something we should prevent.
N: Ya but how do we know whether it is right or wrong? No situation is black and white.
You: If we don't do something, someone is going to die. That's surely something we should prevent.
N: Probably. But who knows? Maybe there is more here than we can see.
You: Sure, but let's just stop the killing first, shall we?
N: See you're being reductive now. The situation could have twenty sides and thirty thousand nuances.
You: Sure, but let's just stop the killing first, shall we?
N: See you're being reductive now. The situation could have twenty sides and thirty thousand nuances.
You: Reductive? What are you going on about? What's so complicated about this black and white situation?
N: I don't know. There could be something, right?
You: You're just looking for excuses to not do anything, aren't you?
N: I don't know. There could be something, right?
You: You're just looking for excuses to not do anything, aren't you?
N: Pretty much. I'm wearing nice clothes. I don't want to get blood and dirt and smoke on them. So finding complications in black and white situations suits me just fine.
You: Then just say so, no?
N: If I just say so, I would look cruel and apathetic.
You: Then just say so, no?
N: If I just say so, I would look cruel and apathetic.
You: Because you are cruel and apathetic.
N: See you are being simplistic again. There may be complicated reasons behind my cruelty and apathy.
You: Are there?
N: Who knows? Life is infinitely complicated. Anything could be true.
N: See you are being simplistic again. There may be complicated reasons behind my cruelty and apathy.
You: Are there?
N: Who knows? Life is infinitely complicated. Anything could be true.
