The good news about Karma is it has different meaning to different people. It gives people a chance to express a value that they aspire too or can fall too. If they use Karma as a path to their final reward be it God, Buddha, or a comet and it keeps them from becoming a negative in society then Karma is a good thing. The negative side of Karma is often mentioned to give balance to the scale of Karma. Who can judge a scale if it has no parameters? If a persons scale is defined as 1 for killing someone and 10 for saving someone then he is on the road of major swings in his decision making process. If you scale is closer to society norm. then you have a better chance of not becoming an burden on society.
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