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To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (4168)	11/13/1999 12:12:00 PM
From: Iceberg	Respond to of 19428

Kevin, I used the so-called Unabomber as an example of a person incapable of seeing something he did as being wrong. Even after years of prison time to sit and think about what he did, Ted Kaczynski still doesn't get it. My point was to question whether, when dealing with people who err, and can't see where they err, is it worth one's time to try and make them realize where they went wrong? Some people simply will never see the damage they cause, whether that damage be blowing up people with letter bombs [as with the example I used], or whether that damage is of much lesser consequence. In other words...if the Unabomber can't see that his activities were wrong, as extreme as his behavior was, then what hope is there of making others with far less extreme behavior see what do as being wrong? And is it worth the effort? At some point, it simply becomes an exercise in futility to get through to some people. That was my point. Ice