Being the “bad guy”.
When we’re doing Force-on-Force scenarios, someone has to play the bad guy role. At first it’s hard for people new to FoF to be a bad guy, but after a little bit they get it and have a LOT of fun doing it. The reason is, they’re good people and now have to behave by a different set of standards — or perhaps, by no standards at all.
I recall hearing some pro wrestlers talk about playing the “heel” role… the bad guy. Many of them like playing that role because they can do anything they want. They have a great freedom, whereas the “babyface” (the good guy) has to color within the lines, play by the rules, and is rather restricted in what they can do.
Thus, we can define what it is to be a bad guy: you don’t follow the rules.
And so it goes in real life.
Gun bans are instituted through laws. Good guys will obey those laws. Bad guys won’t… because bad guys don’t follow rules.
Gun restrictions, like “gun free zones”, are instituted through laws. Good guys will obey those laws. Bad guys won’t… because bad guys don’t follow rules.
Signs on doors are something good guys pay attention to. Bad guys won’t… because bad guys don’t follow rules.
Bad guys don’t follow rules.
Not only is it useful to remember that bad guys don’t follow rules, it’s also useful to remember they won’t follow your rules, your standards, your moral code. If you were ever driven to steal, you might rob someone of their wallet but it’s not in you to senselessly and without just-cause take someone’s life. But that’s YOUR moral code. The fact someone is mugging you demonstrates they are not rational — according to your standards. What makes you think they’ll continue to adhere to your standards and not kill you just because they can? Maybe they will, maybe they won’t — you don’t know, you can’t know. All you can know is bad guys don’t follow rules.
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so my question is if I don’t follow rules am I instantly a bad guy.While i may not adhere to all rules of society and religion i don’t feel like I am a bad guy.In my own round about way and pleaase correct me if i am wrong because i don’t mean any offense i enjoyed this post but if I don’t follow rules that means i will not follow your rules.I don’t beleive that is a true statement at all.If your rule protects you as well as myself like don’t touch my guns they are dangerous, than in most scenario’s than i am most likely going to follow your rule but if your rule was something rediculous like don’t look at me,than there is a possibility i will look at you because I don’t feel it is a justified “RULE”
good post
Fair point. I’m writing to make a point, and sometimes in an effort to keep things short, to capture attention, to have some sort of style to the writing to capture interest, you just can’t elaborate. So, allow me to now elaborate. 🙂
In Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, first chapter I believe, he talks about various criminals and how they never considered themselves to be a “bad person”. As humans we tend to not — we only do what we consider “right” and “good”, and we always work to justify our actions, even if they are irrational by own standards!
Don’t necessarily look at what I wrote in the context of society’s greater rules and notions, but rather how we, as humans, tend to view the labels of “good guy” and “bad guy”. Those that we label “good” tend to follow the rules and norms we adhere to and deem “good”. Those we label “bad” tend to break those rules and norms we adhere to and deem “good”. If we have established that “bad” people don’t follow our rules, why are so many people surprised when a “bad” person doesn’t follow their rules? So in the mugging situation where people tend to believe “just give them what they want and they won’t hurt you” well… the fact they are mugging you shows they don’t follow your rules, so why should you believe they won’t kill you too?
Just because you don’t follow X rule doesn’t necessarily mean you are “good” or “bad” in the greater scheme of life and the world, but it could be in one’s perception of you. For example, if I had a “don’t look at me” rule and you did look at me, I’d probably put you into the “bad person” box in my mental file cabinet. That doesn’t mean in the grand scheme of the cosmos you’re a bad person, only that I have classified you as such in my little slice of the cosmos. This sort of classification, assessment, and “putting into boxes” is just something we do as humans. That evaluation is just how we deal with all things in the world so we can grok the world around us. Our perceptions, our assessments — even if irrational or wrong — do color our world. And from that, we as humans start to extrapolate. We might be wrong, but we’re going to need more data to show they are different from that first impression (and we even accept more data to positively reinforce our initial impression).
So this isn’t meant as some justification to say what sort of person you are. This also doesn’t mean that people don’t share complete sets or subsets of rules. It’s meant as a way to 1. help manage yourself if you get caught in a “bad” situation (if the guy wants your wallet, don’t think it’s out of the question he’ll take your life too) 2. address politicians and people that think banning things they consider “bad” as a way to stop those bad things from happening (how’s that ban on drugs working out?), because laws only stop those willing to follow them and criminals, by definition, are people who don’t obey they law.