Pardoner's Tale

I found our class discussion today very interesting. It's disturbing how the Pardoner can preach about greed and yet rob even the most destitute individuals. He seems like a sociopath with no conscience at all. I didn't realize how many intriguing questions could be asked upon reading the tale, and I found the class to be enlightening. The fact that the Pardoner tells a story about the negatives of greed brought up the question of whether or not a greedy person can tell a moral story. In my opinion, anyone can tell a moral story, but if the person telling the story is immoral, the message often doesn't hold any weight. No one wants to be preached to by a person who doesn't practice what they preach. Also, because the Pardoner appears to be boasting about his actions and is essentially a condemned man, makes him seem cruel and evil, in a scary sort of way, in my opinion.