I guess the Bond movies are prime material for this thread:
After traveling to a foreign city, I shot several men at a campground. Later I helped someone shoot a man sneaking through a window. I visited an office to fetch some equipment. On the journey back I met a man I thought was a colleague, then I killed him. Later I checked into a hotel, then killed one of their staff.
A wealthy man tried to save me from a life of drugs, but I repaid him by sleeping with his wife and getting the police to kill him. And I charged all my expenses to the Underhills, too. AiTA?
I am what one would call a rich man, and as such I get to indulge in my passions. I like to collect things, not for their value as wealth, but for their intrinsic beauty.
I came up with a business plan to increase the rarity of my collection by making other people’s less valuable. But a rival decided on his own that my plan was unsound. And this after I ran it past a group of business associates, who, after the very detailed and well made presentation, were all in total agreement!
Now I admit my plan did cause some injuries, maybe even some deaths. Omelets, eggs, I did nothing others, even governments, haven’t done in the past.
Now my rival has murdered my most loyal employee, and raped my second most valuable staff member. And they call me the bad guy??
First of all, on the same morning I both threw a recently deceased man out of an aircraft and killed a disabled man in a wheelchair.
Next I blew up someone who was just trying to move my car, which I had parked illegally on his boss’s property. Then I broke several traffic laws driving a new acquaintance’s car.
I smashed a florist’s window and instead of helping I made a juvenile quip and walked off.
I misused the facilities at a prestigious former Olympic ski jump.
I almost ruined an ancient undersea archaeological site.
And to top it all off I wilfully destroyed some extremely important government property.
I’m what one would call a “tech billionaire”. I make products for NASA and other space customers, but I also have branches in chemistry, biology and glassworks.
Being a genius I can see that this world is in danger of destroying itself. I have generated a plan where I alone can save humanity. It involves some…collateral damage. Deaths may be involved. Omelets, eggs, I’ve done nothing that others, even governments, haven’t done before. But I have the safety of the white, er, the human race as my ultimate goal.
Some people cannot see thegenius of my vision, so I have had to remove them as obstacles to progress. I’m sure they would appreciate their contribution to the ultimate goal.