I apologize for wasting bandwidth, but this reminds me of a little story I heard when I was a kid...
In China, many people are vegetarians because they believe it is a sin to kill any living thing. So the story goes... two men are crossing the river with a boat. One man is a passenger and the other is the skipper. The passenger is a business man who desperately wanted to get to the other side quickly and asked the skipper to paddle as fast as he can possibly paddle. The motive of the skipper is ofcourse to earn as much money as he could, so he is more then happy to oblige to this wealthy businessman. Standing on the shore observing the boat were 2 other people. One is a very old wise man and the other is a guy named "Mr. Troublemaker". Mr Troublemaker, true to his name, asked the old wise man, "There is no doubt that the paddle hitting the water with such force will kill some fishes. Who is then *more* at sin for the death of the fishes- is it the skipper who actual killed the fishes or is it the businessman who paid the skipper to do it?" Mr. TroubleMaker then had a very satisfying and evil grin on his face because he though his question had stumbled the old wise man. Instead the old wise man calmly responded, "Neither, because the motive of the businessman is to cross the river and the motive of the skipper is to make money. Neither had the intention of killing the fishes. Instead, *you* are the one who is sinned for the death of the fishes... because if *you* did not deliberately bring up this idea of dead fishes under water, then no one would even know nor care and everyone would be happily on their way." Thanks, Ben
