Written: 6/9/05
Word Count: 100; 100
Rating: G/ PG ; mentions mass murder
Notes: Written for Weekly Challenge # 32: Nature
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Nurture versus Nature.
It's the argument that's kept ethicists in binds for centuries. Are we the result of our biological make-up or our upbringing?
Tough question.
Most philosophers today say it's a combination of the two, and I'm inclined to agree. For some, nature affects us more than nurture; others it's opposite.
An example would be Gojyo and Sanzo. When you come down to it, both are good guys. And both had love they desperately needed taken from their lives.
Now Sanzo pushes people away to keep from getting hurt; Gojyo clings desperately to what love he can find.
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The Nurture/Nature argument always makes me go a little introspective.
Was it my upbringing in the Church, the hatred I have towards narrow-mindedness that made me kill those villagers?
Or was it something darker, something more primeval that made me enjoy the warm wash of demon blood on my skin?
Maybe it was both.
Perhaps I was destined to be a demon, even if I had remained human.
The past is the past; I can't change anything. Nothing left but critical over-analysis.
I have reached one conclusion.
Humans and demons are more alike than we think.
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