Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
Thoughtcrimes are slave morality. Or Christian morality, anyway. I don't see any use in ascribing morality to passions; it only ultimately matters what you do. Even if you do want to chain a girl up, there's nothing wrong with only trying for a girlfriend.

Again, I don't see how wanting a girl or trying to get a girl is a crime, even if you'd also be satisfied with a girl chained up. And even if you've deformed your face or something, ambition is attractive and you can probably get someone, even if it takes a while. Unless you're also wheelchair-bound or dependent on others in some way, perhaps, which I admit would probably lower your chances considerably. In any case, as long as you don't kidnap anyone they'd have no reason to treat you like a monster.

If you aren't human then where did you come from?
The point of this is that in a vacuum, any given desire is "bad." Which would you rather do: go on all these weird quests, which may or may not even be fulfillable, to obtain the object of your desire - or, just not have that desire to begin with?

It's obvious. It makes more sense to lose the desire.

The things getting in the way of fulfilling your desire aren't the fetters. The fetter is the desire.
When you desire nothing, you are free.