*groan* On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why is evil always so hard to nail down or why does it seem that no > one really wants to identify it but simply dissect the potentiality of > what it may define. You don't consider anything on the video as evil > but do recognize it as bad, horrifying and obscene, which basically > covers the face of evil, but rather bypass evil representation to > bring attention to religious aspects, which by the way I agree with > 100%, don't burn your steak here. The dark ages are still upon us > brother and while technology creates a vision of advancement, > attitudes and behaviours create a different picture, the picture of > reality, of good and of evil. I feel we must somehow find resolve in > the issue of what is evil. We have here a collection of brilliant > minds, myself excluded lol, and so we can somehow be assertive in our > resolve. I find too many threads wind up as fray ends. Which reminds > me of a thread that walked into a bar, the bartender said "we don't > serve threads", so the thread walked out, shredded out it's end and > tied itself into a loop, walked back into the bar, the bartender > noticed and immediately and irately said, "damn, I told you we don't > serve threads in here", the thread responded "I'm not a thread" at > which the bartender scowled, "you are so" and so the thread having the > last word said "nope, I'm a frayed knot". > > On Apr 5, 12:26 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Slip. I don't really consider what is going on in the video >> and what it represents as evil. It is bad, it is horrifying, it is >> obscene, but it is also no more than religion battling it's fiercest >> foe -- education and enlightenment. On the other hand, religion >> considers education and enlightenment evil -- the work of the devil. >> >> On Apr 4, 2:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for the video gruff, it was overwhelmingly sad but very >> > enlightening as to the seriousness and the dilemma of these people. It >> > takes me back over to the other thread, Does Evil Exist. One only >> > needs to watch this video for the answer. >> >> > On Apr 4, 3:38 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Here is a good reason for moral behavior -- call it what you like (we >> > > are our brother's keeper, the golden rule, do unto others, etc.) >> > > --http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/22/world/asia/1194838044017/cl... > > >
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