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To: LTK007 who wrote (30448)	5/23/2002 7:32:44 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting points. However, I am a historian, not a psychoanalyst. Historians work with facts. It is impermissible for an historian to assume facts, although it is permissible to infer unknown facts from known facts. I think one should acknowledge that you are drawing inferences when you do. Jung, having lived through the experience, was entitled to discuss the mental state of people whom he observed directly. I believe that men and women inherently act in their own self interest. Thus, when I see people doing something very strange, like genocide, I wonder what interest they are acting in. Probably the usual, power, greed, control, dominance, run amuck. Strong emotions we all have. Evil is not a motivation. Evil is an excuse. Evil is turning a blind eye to the consequences your actions have on others. Thus, when I explain what motivated people, that does not mean that I believe that their motivation was ethical. However, I don't constantly editorialize about their ethics because I believe that the reader is capable of drawing his or her own conclusions. Dr. Peter Black, historian at the Holocaust Museum, understands the motivation of Hitler and the other Nazis very well. I assure you he does not excuse evil.