Good vs. Evil (Gloria Pulley)

Before the year is up, you will hear me refer to many things as “evil.”  Calibri size 11 font is evil…  The school wifi, absolutely detestable… Tangled headphones belong in the deepest pits of hell… The bar on the underside of our desks that I always end up busting my knees on, actual Satan… the list of evil things goes on.
But when it comes to people I’m ambivalent.  Do I think people are truly evil? No.  It’s not like anyone pops out of the womb proclaiming their intentions to wreak havoc on our society.  Take Fritz Haber as an example.  In 1918 he was given the Noble Prize in chemistry for the Haber-Bosch process. Through this process, one could synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen, creating applications in the field (haha pun) of agriculture.  It turns out this could serve as a nice synthetic fertilizer for crops, increasing yield and shortening growing time.  It turns out he was also very interested in revolutionizing warfare, particularly in the development of poison gases, bringing death to millions (if you consider chemical warfare in WWI, as well as the implications of his work in WWII and Nazi death camps with their gas chambers).
Here’s where it becomes subjective.  Is he an evil person?  Is he a good person?  (I’m hesitant to say what I think even though this is an opinionated post…I tend to avoid these types of things).  An argument can be made that he is evil, I mean, he did use his knowledge to kill thousands in the name of nationalism during WWI. An argument can also be made that he is good.  His contribution to the commercial food industry is monumental, giving us crop yields previously unknown to humanity and fueling multibillion dollar corporations.  It just depends on what lens you view it through.
Overall, I think the battle of good vs. evil is solely an invention of the entertainment industry looking to capitalize on our desire to pit juxtaposing sides against one another in a battle to captivate audiences.  Real life isn’t as clear cut as movie or book because evil and good are such subjective terms.  It’s kinda like a stain glass window.  There are so many little pieces of a whole and depending on how you arrange them you can create an infinite number to pictures, each portraying something different.  Everyone has little bits and pieces of their lives-choices, personality traits, actions, words-which can come together in varying arrangements to be judged for better or worse by others.
So yeah… I guess that’s where I stand on the matter, smack dab in the middle.