Sure, people have heard of breaking bad. No, I'm not talking about the critically acclaimed show. Although I, myself am a fan. The definition of "breaking bad", is basically, to become bad. Not to break the habit of being bad. Which, believe it or not, some people I've talked to thought it meant. But has anyone ever heard of breaking good? A quick Catholic-death-bed-rites-confession, the ol' flick of the switch, and presto, boom-o, bang-o! All your sins are forgiven.
A merry-right-bit-of tripe that is.
That might be your angle, but that ain't God's angle. At least, that's what the Jehovah's witnesses pounding on my door proclaim.
First off, you can't be forgiven by no preacher-man. Only you can allow yourself to be forgiven by God, and then humbly beg the pardon of those you've trespassed. Quite often, our olive branches are swatted to the ground in disgust ('though easily understandable). And we hate ourselves. For a long time. Even if we're forgiven by those we've wronged, somehow, we still can't let go. But that's not bad. In order to better ourselves we must learn from our mistakes.
Yeah, yeah, Walter White's a right-cool-mo-fo. His pictures and head-lines swamp the news, diverting our attention from real issues. But is that really what we should be focused on? Entertainment is meant as a form of escape, yet how we drown ourselves in its drivel.
This imitable character, this sharpened foe, this reverse Robin of the Hood, who steals from the rich and stock-piles spoils to his spawn.
I personally believe that stealing bread is justified if it's to feed your starving family. But should murder, deception, and peddling upon the ineptitude of the disenfranchised be tolerated in similar circumstances?
I don't know. I suppose that depends on your particular predicament.
Where'm I going with this? I don't know. Maybe putting on glasses, shaving our heads, and pruning our goatees looks cool. And phony-funerals are always fun. But do we really want to emulate a fictional drug-dealing-mass-murderer?
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