Thou shalt do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

No, I am not turning into a religious freak. No offence to any religious freaks that may read this.

I'm not selfish. At least I don't think I am. Or maybe I am?

Is it wrong to believe or to think if you would do things for people, you should expect things back? No.

I don't think it's wrong although you SHOULDN'T EXPECT things back, it would take a saint (again, I am not turning into a religious freak) to not think that maybe a little karma does exist. Surely it is OK to have a bit of hope?? Or not even that. Just out of respect. Things to happen to you from people that are good OUT OF RESPECT. That is NOT too much to ask for.

But the question I want to put out there is that if someone upset or even hurt a friend or someone you care about, should you automatically dislike that person?

For example, if somebody beat up one of your friends, is it wrong for you to hate the person who beat your friend up? Well if it was me and somebody beat my friend up, upset him/her, pissed them off or hurt them in any way at all then yes, I WOULD hate them or really dislike them. For me, it would just be a natural thing. Maybe it is a moral thing too. But I have said on this blog a few times, being moral really gets you nowhere in life.

So how would I feel if it was the other way around? Say if it was ME who was the one who got beat up or tortured or stabbed. Should I automatically expect my friends to hate or really dislike the person/people who did that to me? Is it right for me to expect that? Just because I would feel like that? Is it IMMORAL if my friend(s) DON'T hate or at least dislike the person/people who did that to me?

No. No. No. And...No.

It is their minds, their lives and they can do and feel whatever they want. Who am I to decide who they should and shouldn't like? Who they should and shouldn't dislike? Who they should and shouldn't hate? It is not for me to say.

But at the same time, if  the same thing happened to them and they were the ones who got beat up/tortured/stabbed and had their lives a living hell for years, they may feel different. Just that question. That question that has to be asked:-

How would they feel?