Standing up for the "stupid and crazy": I think it's important to stand up for the stupid and crazy. I think when you stand up for someone else who cannot stand up for themselves,someone is going to stand up for you when you least expect it. It is important to stand up for those who have nothing to give you, whom you can benefit from. I remember when I was growing up, my mom was always rooting for the underdog, I have picked up that habit, I'm always rooting for the underdogs or the "stupid and crazy". The ones who need the most support are the ones who people don’t believe in. This ideal has really stuck with me and I strive to be the voice for the people who doesn’t have one. I want to be the mouthpiece for all the people without a say. When I know someone is alienating another because of something like them being crazy, I find it morally wrong to just stand by and let it happen. I have been the underdog, and I always appreciate when someone stands up for me. I liked when Cal stood up for Gretchen when those kids were picking on her by the locker. Him standing up for her is him standing up for both the " stupid and the crazy" . He is standing up for someone who cannot do it themselves, and he has nothing to gain from doing this. It was simply the moral thing to do.
Justifying crime: Some crimes are obviously wrong, but I think there should be grey areas where it is viewed as okay to commit crime. I don't think illegal always equates to wrong, just as I don't think legal always equates to right. Although "Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs"( Scott Adams). I think Cal was irrational and his end goal, to save Gretchen, was farfetched. But I also think his crimes were justified. Crimes commited to save a life are nearly always justified. I don't think the whole revenge fueled/passion crimes are usually justified, sometimes, but usually not. Im a strong believer that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. I DO think human beings have a moral obligation to ignore and violate unjust laws. Just as they also have a moral obligation to commit crime if it will save another person.
Justifying crime: Some crimes are obviously wrong, but I think there should be grey areas where it is viewed as okay to commit crime. I don't think illegal always equates to wrong, just as I don't think legal always equates to right. Although "Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs"( Scott Adams). I think Cal was irrational and his end goal, to save Gretchen, was farfetched. But I also think his crimes were justified. Crimes commited to save a life are nearly always justified. I don't think the whole revenge fueled/passion crimes are usually justified, sometimes, but usually not. Im a strong believer that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. I DO think human beings have a moral obligation to ignore and violate unjust laws. Just as they also have a moral obligation to commit crime if it will save another person.