I saw a safety vest lying in the middle of the road today. It was crumpled, but fresh and new. I had just passed by an abandoned car in the middle of an intersection.

No doubt I was in little Havana, but my mind took me to the concept of the rapture where each Christian suddenly disappears, leaving the world wrought with the havoc of empty and uncontrollable planes, trains, and automobiles.

Suddenly, even my religion seemed selfish on a level, and so therein lies the answer.

We are as we are told to practice. First, we must save ourselves, and only then can we presume to try to save others. And, of course, it is ultimately up to the others to determine whether or not they will save themselves, because salvation (and I'm using these terms not solely for religious meaning here, btw) is a choice based on the degree of a person's selfishness.

Are you selfish enough to go to heaven? Or are you selfish enough to go to hell?
Are you selfish enough to steal your friend's girlfriend or are you selfish enough to deprive her of you for the sake of friendship?

Whatever.

Nobody is wicked. Wickedness is simply the name for when another person's normal, healthy, selfish decision negatively impacts another.

(SPOILER)Selfishly, I treat this like the eoeo forum.