Friday, December 11, 2009

We think our evil is a good evil.

Seems to me it's impossible to avoid being evil. Because we are tempted to fight evil with evil. Thinking that's the only way to defeat evil. So we're sucked in. We become just as evil as the evil-doer we are trying to defeat. Yes, we justify the use of evil because we think our evil is a good evil. Which is preposterous. --Jim Broede
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  1. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    We commit evil every time we execute a criminal for committing evil. --Jim

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  2. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    Think about it. In retaliating against al Qaeda, we have committed atrocities equal or even beyond the atrocities committed by al Qaeda. And how do we justify it? Because they did it first. The same way that we justified dropping atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Japanese started the hostilities. Therefore, they got their just deserts. We perpetrated a just evil, a good evil. --Jim

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  3. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    You'd better watch yourself. People have been investigated for saying less.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    Aren't we all under scrutiny? --Jim

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  5. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    That's the nature of the society in which we live. --Jim

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  6. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    My congresswoman, Michelle Bachmann, wants us all investigated. To determine whether or not we are patriots. --Jim

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  7. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:54 PM

    Maybe it's time to investigate Bachmann, too. --Jim

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  8. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    Let's also investigate the investigators. --Jim

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  9. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    Then we could investigate the investigators of the investigators. Where will it all end? Maybe with one big grand investigation. --Jim

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  10. AnonymousDecember 12, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    I question a no-holds-barred strategy in combatting evil/terrorism. It's a difficult decision. If we use their same tactics, we are pulled into the gutter. Into evil. Torture, for instance. Or bogus trials. I even question the death sentence for terrorists found guilty of murder. Yes, maybe we have to treat the uncivilized in civilized ways. Maybe that's the way to teach. By being civilized. Certainly, it's a question/issue that should remain open to debate. --Jim

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  11. AnonymousDecember 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM

    The fact that we are still able to debate these kinds of issues. Right here in America. That speaks well for America. My greatest fear is that we'll some day lose our freedoms because of overreaction to a threat to the nation's security. Then the evil-doers/terrorists will have won. --Jim

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