Mercy

OCD-Free
3 min readMar 11, 2024
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Do you have it within you to show mercy, to forgive, to wish only good things for people who have wronged you?

In the penultimate scene of the 1982 film Blade Runner, the synthetic human, Roy, knowing that he is about to die, saves Rick, who had been hunting him. If you knew that you were about to die, could you find it within yourself to wish unqualified peace and happiness to your enemies?

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