--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oy. Could this be ANY more polarizing? > > I cannot equate "contributed to" to "blame?"
Why not? > > In my experience, the height of self-righteousness, > if not narcissicism, > is for me to take the moral inventory of others but > never myself. It is > at least unhealthy to focus who is to blame, a > dwelling on the past that > in my life is usually motivated by an aversion to > dealing with reality, > the present moment. Well, when people are crashing airplanes into buildings or, say, shooting a couple of hundred kids in the back, I'd say that the unhealthy thing is telling yourself that there _isn't_ someone to blame. > > The answers don't bother me, it's the damn questions > that need improvement. > > Nick No, I don't think so. If you are so committed to refusing to blame people that you think the _wrong_ actions of the United States "contributed to" 9/11, you aren't being morally mature, you're just abdicating your position as a moral being. If you can't make a judgment _then_, then you're not rejecting narcissism, you're rejecting _morality_. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
