Do the Right Thing

[fflo]

No, not the movie.

I was about to post that it's harder to know what's the right thing to do than the wrong, but that's crap. But maybe it's easier to know when you've done the wrong one, vs. the right?

I dunno, cuz I dunno.

Another in the Whatever!™ series here at 'Ff'lo.

Comments

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

[aabassplayer.livejournal.com]

doing (and reflecting upon) doing the wrong thing often makes one feel worse, but doing the right thing doesn't necessarily make one feel better...especially if when reflecting upon it, you forget about the real reason that it was the right choice in the first place and you struggle to figure out how it benefitted you, when sometimes it doesn't.

BTW...Icon love..is that from I <3 Huckabees? I forget which movie, but that was full of awesome.

[paperkingdoms]

Perhaps it's an issue of multiplicity -- there are often more wrong options than right ones. At least in "do the right thing" situations. I like to think there are more good/right paths through life than wrong ones.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

And here's a way to complicate the whole thing further, this quote from Doc Cochran in Deadwood:

"I see as much misery outta them moving to justify theirselves as them that set out to do harm."

With this quote, the doctor is referring to the Seth Bullock, former sheriff in Montana, and newly arrived in Deadwood (Dakota). At this point in the story, Seth always wants to do the right thing, no matter what structures it may upset.