Goken wrote: I agree with Adder in that the light = good, dark = bad comparisons might be a hold over from when night was a scarier than day. But really who knows. They are both human concepts that needed words to be associated with, somewhere down the line someone decided to chose light and dark and we've been stuck with it ever since.
As far as the light and dark sides of the Force, it is open to interpretation but I don't believe that they exist. I believe that there are lighter and darker sides (as long as we know they're just metaphorical we'll stick with using them as it aides in conversation) within us. Notice that I did not say Light and Dark, I said Lighter and Darker. Light and dark are both part of the same spectrum. As such there is only lighter and darker on the spectrum rather than two solid ideas, Light and Dark. The place on the spectrum only exists in relation to other points on the spectrum. They are also relative to the individual. Good and bad for me may not be the same as good and bad for another.
i think this is all pretty accurate, and i see it much the same way, but i think that as human beings we are born on a fairly definite location on that spectrum
i think there is some variance, per individual and per culture, but there are points toward both directions where it becomes clear that one is indeed predominantly "dark" or "light" as a human being
heres an example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu17Wuq3nI8
this isnt to say that people, generally speaking, are either bad or good and thats all there is to the story, i only want to get across the point that it is totally possible to be a "good" person or a "bad" person as a result of your general outlook and treatment of others, and that it is important to take that seriously, IMO
