Cliche Comment

I'm really quite irritated when something has happened that shouldn't have and is followed by two commonplace cliches:-
"It will / must never happen again" or "We must learn lessons for this".

All of the history of human behaviour is littered with people who did things they shouldn't have, or people who have made mistakes. Sometimes, even people who did unspeakable things which are cruel & truly dreadful. Human beings are fallible, are motivated by the baser instincts, & can be completely self absorbed. Some are also mentally ill or less intelligent & don't see the consequences of their actions.

Life is difficult & imperfect. We become trapped in situations & don't always behave well or make good choices. Our ego's & desires push us to do things we shouldn't. I don't believe in the concept of "original sin". But I do believe that we are all sinners in some way. None of us is perfect - if we were we would be Gods.

The important thing is that we can and should learn from our own experience. We can and should aim to be the best we can be as individuals. We should try to see the possible outcomes of our actions & make informed choices. But we don't always manage it, so we precipitate outcomes which are bad. We are not necessarily bad people, but our actions can be.

The myth that annoys me is that because a bad action has happened means that we can realistically stop it from ever happening again. We can put in place strategies to reduce the posssibility of something being repeated, but that is no guarantee. People will go on being hurt and even killed by bad actions. It is the result of a world populated by human beings with all their faults.