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Post by brucemacneill on Nov 16, 2015 7:55:24 GMT -5
If I think "what's best for my community" is to kill all the Jews, that's pretty evil. Jeff, there may still be people here who support Hamas's right to rocket Israel since terrorism is just a tactic legitimately used by those without power. Careful what you say here.
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Post by patrick on Nov 16, 2015 11:24:15 GMT -5
I've actually thought the same thing as Kimmel.. I doubt that Hitler (sorry, it's not page 7) woke up every morning thinking "I'm gonna do some really GREAT evil today!" All of the greatest evil-doers in history were convinced of their own rightness.
However, that doesn't stop me from thinking that what they do is evil. Or that they should be stopped.
I can decide that Hamas shooting rockets into Israel is evil, just as I can decide that Israel bombing Gaza is evil. I can even decide on my own which is the greater evil.
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Post by fauxmaha on Nov 16, 2015 11:46:42 GMT -5
I've actually thought the same thing as Kimmel.. I doubt that Hitler (sorry, it's not page 7) woke up every morning thinking "I'm gonna do some really GREAT evil today!" All of the greatest evil-doers in history were convinced of their own rightness. Exactly. The Superman movie remake from a few years ago was one of the rare instances that did a good job of capturing that. Unlike previous Zod characters, the new Zod was portrayed as sincerely thinking he was doing what was best for Krypton. It's just that Superman and Zod had different views of what was "best". This all starts with the "other-ization" of people. Convince enough of them that those "others" are the source of all their problems, and there is no limit to the evil that can flow. Just occurred to me...some of my FB banners: ![](http://www.themillerpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/banners.jpg)
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Post by majorminor on Nov 16, 2015 11:53:34 GMT -5
Jeff - you've made more cogent arguments than that one above. Just sayin'
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Post by fauxmaha on Nov 16, 2015 11:59:26 GMT -5
Jeff - you've made more cogent arguments than that one above. Just sayin' They can't all be winners, you know.
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