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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: TimF who wrote (32313)10/12/2001 10:13:19 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
And when punks just kill for kicks, or money or for revenge or hatred they hardly have to be absolutists

Don't talk stupid. They killed themselves to go to paradise. Money doesn't give a benefit to a dead person. They killed themselves to have 72 virgins.

Many absolutists are neither fanatics or full of hate

I never said they were. But the prevalent theme of absolutism in an afterlife belief definitely trumps this secular world. This belief makes them dangerous. 99 % of the people slaughtered in history owe their death to this phenomenom.

Relativists can hate and kill as much as anyone else

Sure they can. But they have less reason to. They are not being threatened by the agony of ETERNAL torture, and they are not being extorted with the promise of eternal uselessness.
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