John, I don't know if I agree. Evil, can mean anything from opposing abortion, to supporting abortion. How ought we define evil. A refined definition is clearer, so I go with my own definition based only on behavior. For me, its like a motorist going through a 25 mph zone, at 85 mph. Illegal, and the reason why needs to be questioned. Even if the speeder was rushing to the hospital for an emergency for a family member, and the speeder kills someone, by accident, how are we to judge the accidental homicide? That's law and we are speaking of the Law called Sharia, to be imposed on all of us, and empowered by the Progressives, worldwide.
As to the vileness of the jihadists, this is beyond question. The enablers of the Jihad, the academics and the politicians from the white house on down, are setting themselves up for a societal change, I suspect. Why? Because their description of the Islamists and who they are, their culture, then opinions, attitudes, and beliefs, do not factually match the reality. So what? What, will be, for the US, when the Jihadists successfully strike, once more, in the nation. Then, I believe, will a plurality of US citizens say: "At least under Bush we felt safe!" I am not a Bushie fan, and believe he, like other Presidents, sell out the country. We survive, but we get sold out. Then, also, I guess, this plurality, will turn their anger upon the defenders and excuse-makers of the Jihadists. There's an article in the Atlantic magazine today (a liberal mag) suggesting that the Japanese may change their view on Islam and the Muslims, because of the ISIS execution. Who knows? -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Jan 24, 2015 8:37 pm Subject: Re: Why was nobody murdered because of this cartoon? On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 spudboy100 via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: > I am uncomfortable with the plaster of "evil" myself, That is not unusual, most people in liberal western culture are far more uncomfortable with the word "evil" than they are with the word "fuck", but I think its appropriate to use both words in certain circumstances. > since what it means to everyone is too vague. There is no consensus on the meaning but to each individual the meaning of "evil" is about as un-vague as words get. > I would define the Jihadis as aggressive, malign, expansionism. Don't forget ignorant and stupid! > Did western nations do this until recently? Hell, yes. Western colonialists may have been as evil as Islamic Jihadis, well... almost, but they were not as ignorant and they were not as stupid. Also Western colonialists had the good manners not to exist during my lifetime. For these reason they haven't earned as much of my contempt as the Islamic Jihadis have, but there is no disputing matters of taste so your mileage may vary. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
