Be dangerous to be good

Can you answer this question: “Who is a good person?”

All the answers will be around the words “honest”, “open-minded”, “helpful”, “unselfish”. 

I never heard someone saying “dangerous” to this question.

Whereas I believe that it is a necessity to consider the context of being dangerous while talking about being good.

Let’s look at it from this perspective: Imagine a dead tiger in the forest, and you saw it while you were walking on a path. When you saw him, you did not think that it could harm. It was already dead. It was not dangerous. Would you call him a “good tiger” just because of the fact that he didn’t hurt you.

Think about the possibility that you came across a tiger, an alive one, directly in front of you. He took a look at you, and walked past you. You felt the horror with him. You felt the tension coming from the danger. And he didn’t hurt you. Now, you could call this tiger a “good tiger”.

Goodness comes from the ability to not to hurt when it is completely possible to hurt. It is all about control. When you are dangerous, it means that you are capable of hurting someone, both mentally and physically. Being dangerous is the capability.

Using this capability, in most cases, is a weakness.

“He who has a sword, and knows how to use it, but keeps it sheathed shall inherit the earth.” This is a religious context, and is from the Bible.

If you seek to be good, be dangerous. Not for using it, but controlling it.