Unleashing that dark side

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I know Man are naturally good. I believe that each one of us were born under the state of tabula rasa (blank slate). A state where it could be analogous to being pure. But as we grow up, we are exposed to different experiences and influences. It is nature vs nurture thing. We may take the values our parents have inculcated on us or take the environment where we were exposed to with our peers -- socialization in short. We are also influenced by our biological make-up. More or less, each one of us wear certain masks. :) We mask perhaps our dark side, or say we never really befriended our dark side because of the arete or virtues that we have chosen to embrace or virtues that the society dictated that we should have. Arete means something closer to "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest human potential." We choose to be the best that we can be. This is of course relative. If we choose the dark side to be the best that we can be, then could our friends or parents or loved ones accept that side of us? Weird. Anyways, my real question is if you are going to unleash your dark side -- could be our wildest side(?), to whom would you show such? Well, I think I would rather show that side to strangers. Hehehe. I am just scared to disappoint my friends and parents and loved ones on how I can be the worst person existing on earth. :) How about you?