It is often difficult to remember precisely the exact moments of our tainted and confusing past. Our brain, in an attempt to protect us, contaminates our memories, fading some memories and enhancing others. Therefore, our memories are not a recollection of events as they were, but rather a distorted perception of past events. As a result, it is difficult to separate the truth from our reality. However, some memories are actually representative of the events they signify, and most such memories are often accompanied by a physical manifestation, a residue that serves as a salient guardian of the truth. The accident I remember left my brother with permanent damage, a wound whose presence can neither be denied nor exaggerated. I was twelve years old at the time and my brother Wahab was eight. It was summer in Pakistan and we were a bunch of idiots back then. Our days would start with playing cricket, move on to water balloon fights and end with a good dose of Pokémon cartoons. We were friends with a neighbor in eighth grade, Ahmed. He had a computer with the latest video games and was always ready for a game of cricket. I was in awe of it and was happy for the computer and real games of Virtual Cop and cricket. After all, what 9th grader hangs out with 6th and 3rd graders? But he was responsible for half-blinding my brother. In retrospect, what does the sixth grader do? That day started as usual, it was Sunday so we could sleep until ten in the morning. Around noon our neighbor arrived. I was sitting in the shade of a tree talking to my sister when I looked up and saw that Ahmed and Wahab had started throwing stones at each other. I don't remember who started it, but I soon began talking to my sister... halfway through the paper... principles regarding sin. Likewise, Niebuhr also focused on the selfishness of privileged individuals who refuse to recognize the consequences of their actions and are content with the status quo. Commenting on the status quo from a social perspective, he argues that without suffering personal injustice, these groups would never give up the status quo, thus necessitating the need for social conflict. Therefore, in both cases, the evil or selfish man is not defined by his actions but rather by the consequences of the actions. Therefore, I am content to label Ahmed as evil and selfish. References: J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism (New York; MacMillan, 1923)H. Emerson Fosdick, Christianity and Progress (New York; Fleming H. Revell Company, 1922) Reinhold Niebuhr, “Idealists and the Social Struggle,” The World Tomorrow, vol.. 15, (1932)