'We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise to those who endeavor to injure us; and this, for fear lest by rendering them evil for evil, we should fall into the same vice.'
So says Hierocles of Alexandria
Evil can be simply said that to be the phenomenon which is a result of a person exceeding his or her right/s and intruding or transgressing into the territory of other's rights. Whether that is deliberate or not, is immaterial.
But the worst thing about Evil events happening frequently is that it becomes commonplace. We all read reports of bomb-blasts happening here and there almost everyday. We do feel sorry for the innocents killed or injured, but we don't get as shocked as we used to do earlier. We do get angry, but now the feeling is that 'just one more blast has occured'. It does not touch us as it used to earlier.
Crimes are reduced to mere statistics - we no longer get upset about the number of murders, robberies, undertrials, low conviction rates among others reported in the media. Media has to focus on each case to ensure enduring public interest like seen in the Jessica Lall case, the Priyadarshini Matto case, etc. New cases come in the headlines, only to be replaced by fresh cases every day.
And then we start talking about public insensitivity and public indifference... but how many cases will a person remember?
Thus, evil & crimes become commonplace, & people learn no longer to fear them. A bomb-blast occurs one day & life goes normal the very next... unless some vote-hungry politician calls a bandh. No, the people are not callous, but no longer afraid. Life goes on...
