More bad people than good people?

Indonesia
October 25, 2009 6:06am CST
I've seen terrible news lately happening all over the world. The headlines were almost always about crimes and injustice. This led me to wonder, which one is greater in number, good people or bad people? I know that good and bad have no real definition and the meaning can be different to everyone of us. but what do you think? Which group has more members? The good one or the bad one? Thanks for responding. Happy Sundays!
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
1 Nov 09
I think that their are more bad people then good people now just because of all we hear. However, I think also that we don't hear so much about the good deeds, and more about the bad deeds. I think that most likely there are more bad people in the world, but that that doesn't necessarily mean there aren't enough good people to outweigh the bad. Then again, some people do bad things but aren't bad, that is to say they are pressured to do it, or make mistakes.
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• Indonesia
2 Nov 09
Interesting. You point it out perfectly. It's hard to determine because the meaning of good and bad people is unclear..
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
25 Oct 09
Its not that there are more "bad" ppl out there these days..its just that negative news or bad news I guess you could say sells better than regular everyday news...Sad but true and its by our own doing..we are a morbid species truth be told...
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
So you're saying that th news just make it appear like more bad people exists while the truth is there's more good people on earth? Interesting!
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
25 Oct 09
My thoughts too! Bad news gets more audience therefore we hear about more bad things than we do about good things. This makes it appear that there is more bad than good but I doubt that is the case at all.
@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
25 Oct 09
I don't think there are more bad people than good people because the way I see it, deep inside each one of us, there is goodness. Thus, if the so-called bad people are part of this theory, all people are somehow good.
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
Okay. then the question should be modified like this: do you think people do more good things than bad things nowadays?
@JamesKYTan (1605)
• Malaysia
25 Oct 09
If we define good people are those who don't do bad things such cheatings or stealing or corruption, then politicians don't belong to this group. If the definition of bad people are those who plunder and murder quietly then most politicians are bad people. We conclude that there is more good people than bad people.Your are right, it depends on the definition.
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
It's true. Also, there's the fact that we tend to judge people based on stereotype. We assume that people with a certain background are bad while the others are good. The truth is no one knows what's inside a person's heart. This is complicated.
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
26 Oct 09
Being bad is a lot easier to do than keeping a good one. Our society are full of them too. But I don't think the bad ones are more prevalent than the other. Its just that we don't see good people so often. With every people doing bads things like robbery, news often tells us how many are involved, whats the heist, etc. But they never said how many people are working to resolved the crime, or how many human resources are put to it to resolve them. In every rapist convicted in courts, we might agree that there are lots of people who contributed there good intentions (such as the judge, jury, witnesses, law enforcement, medical doctors, etc.) to put this criminal in justice. They might not be the perfect people at all times, but surely have the heart and good deeds to do whats right.
• Indonesia
27 Oct 09
That's a good response. In a crime story there are many people involved. The media likes to focus on the criminals and not the law enforcers..
• China
25 Oct 09
Like what you said,bad person and good person have no real definition.A man maybe a good husband, a good son, a good father, but if he embezzle a lot of money in the country,he is not a good citizen.Now, many officials embezzle much money,but he love his family,love his wife and children. I don't think he is a bad man purely.
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
Precisely! I heard that people are not at all bad. A person may have a good side and bad side of his/hre life. However, there are what we can categorized as bad people. The one that only care for himself/herself and not others. There's also people that were good but turns bad due to bad associates.
• India
25 Oct 09
even if it appears as if there are more bad people.. the available good ones are in good number to keep this world in place..lets try to be a good one and strengthen them.rest all will fall into place.
• Indonesia
25 Oct 09
Yes, I always want to be a good person too. :)
@Baluyadav (3643)
• India
25 Oct 09
Hi,becoming bad people is easy to follow bad issues and they will be happy temporarily.But become a good people by doing good things is tough initially and succeed in the life at end.So every body attracts first to bad things which looks attractive.All the best and have a nice time.