Good and bad people, do you judge them fairly?

@reckon21 (3479)
Philippines
March 6, 2009 4:25pm CST
It's easy for us to judge people by his action, good or bad people is easy to point by the way he lived his life. Now, if this bad person happened to do something good not only for the people around him but for the whole community. Would you changed your perception on him or he will always stay a bad person in your eyes, no matter how he tried to change his past.
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@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
6 Mar 09
Hi reckon, I try not to judge anyone because none of us are perfect. I have come to realize after nearly seventy years on this planet that those who people call bad often do some very good things as well as the bad. Who decides what is good and bad anyway? We know it is wrong to take a life, yet in times of war soldiers are often ordered to kill civilians, including women and children, and that is supposed to be okay. My idea about living right is to treat others the way that I want to be treated. People haven't always acted that way with me yet I that it isn't my place to judge them. Blessings.
• United States
6 Mar 09
I think it is awful to judge anyone ,usually when you do that , the person you judge turns out to be not what you expected , and you end up judging them wrong. I try to think of everyone as good , and honestly believe there is good in everyone. Peope might make bad choices in life. I usually try to give people a second chance , but not always . It all depends on the situation . I would hope that if I made the wrong choice and did something wrong I would be givin another chance. There are a few cases that I don't believe deserve a second chance . Child molesters, Child abusers, Rapists, or someone who preys on the elderly . To me they don't deserve second chances
@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
9 Mar 09
I'd like what Melanie Marquez said when his brother was involved in a controversy, "Don't judge my brother, he's not a book." Melanie Marquez was Miss International in 1979. The point is that, we should not be quick to judge someone by his appearance, we should not also judge him at all. We are only to judge if we know the person well, we have all the facts on hand and we trust ourselves to be able to give a fair judgment.
@sirrob (4108)
• Philippines
8 Mar 09
This is a very good topic to discuss and holds a lot of sensible thoughts to argue or perhaps to debate. This happen so many times in our lives, that at one point we thought something to a certain person then later on it ends up in a different situation. I always bear in mind that not all that awe can see is what it is already and human beings are master of this, wearing masks most of the time if not all. Whether the reason/s behind it is bad or not, it offers some protection from others and defending ourselves to get hurt and from harm. I always have why in my mind every time I saw something unusual or different from a certain individual. I always explore before making an open conclusion.
@forslahiri (1042)
• India
7 Mar 09
Hi, U r right saying that we label a person GOOD or BAD by their actions. & the Label may change too,it is not Permanent. It all depends on the Quality of Action taken by the individual. =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.