ED, There is a difference between the Hitler/Pol Pot group and the likes of GWB/Blair. The former intentionally kill and torture innocent, while the latter think it is an unfortunate result of thier 'justified' actions. Anthony Advocate of evil capitalism.
--- On Sun, 21/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote: From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Amazon book To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 21 November, 2010, 9:59 PM Anthony, 'Atrocities' from your perspective and mine, but not necessarily from their own perspectives. They might well have believed that they 'were doing the right thing' like GWB and Tony Blair said they they were doing when they unleashed the invasion of Iraq with 'shock and awe', which invasion has resulted in horrendous destruction in Iraq, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Muslims. --ED --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wu...@...> wrote: > Bill, Chris' theory applies to you and Chris himself, but not to someone like Hitler or Pol Pot. They committed atrocities without compunction. No suffering in any part of their bodies and minds. Anthony As most of you already know I believe karma as understood of a kind of 'spiritual cause-and-effect' is illusory - both the short- and long-term version. I do, however, think Chris' interpretation below that identifies karma as part of the action (instead of a result of the action) has a lot of merit. If I were to believe in karma it would be something along these lines. ...Bill!
