Forgive me, it was prefaced with thoughts of particular people not outright mentioned.
Just as I know their are good police, I know there are good scientists.
But to me, for either to be Great, they must stand against those doing wrong.
And the great can't be brought down.
Sorce
I think the Great are an illusion. Just like the purely bad with no good in them, they don't exist.
The sooner we're willing to admit that, the better it is for the world.
If a hundred good deeds cannot make up for one bad one, then it makes no sense to distinguish between the two. It makes no sense to forgive. It makes no sense to even ask.
The gradients and scales are lost nowadays. Judgments have become binary.
He that is without sin among you..
Nobody is.
Stop casting the stones and put them on a scale instead.
Without the scale, there's just a pile to pick from.
Nobody ever picks the diamonds or the flowers to throw, those are lost, covered in mud and rubble from the pile if not kept separate.
The ones that do reveal their shine are quickly pocketed by the rock throwers, so the pile can continue to be searched and the rocks can keep hailing.
Pockets grow heavy, the pile grows ever lighter. One sinner executed by sins, the rest of the sinners showering themselves with diamonds and flowers.
I stand against that.
To me there still is a difference between justice and vengeance. The latter turns everyone a sinner.
