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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Suma who wrote (27250)	10/5/2004 5:21:15 PM
From: JBTFD	Respond to of 173976

I just tuned in to Randi Rhodes show. She is talking about all of Cheney's lies. It is great. airamericaradio.com

To: Suma who wrote (27250)	10/5/2004 5:58:31 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Certainly you can make a case against any kind of zealotry. I would likely agree with any examples you could give. The notion of zealotry all by itself recommends excessive indulgence. That is complicated when there are underlying agendas driving one to a corrupt interpretation of doctrine with destructive intent against an adversary. However, you are too quick to simply dismiss the notion of ‘evil’ out of hand. It has become fashionable to avoid dealing with bad behavior in an effort to avoid being labeled judgmental. It is true that we don’t always know whether a person is acting on heinous intent or with noble purpose. For example: A person might fight and kill an interrogator to stop that interrogator from doing his job. If the killer was following an order to kill all persons of that nationality wherever he found them, to advance some otherwise innocuous political goals, then we could say that the killer had committed a murder. On the other hand if the killer knew that the interrogator was employing extreme torture techniques in an attempt to extract information from an innocent and unknowledgeable captive, then we could say that the killer had noble intent. Especially, if the killer knew that his actions would likely result in his own death. We usually know the intent of people who are charged with committing heinous acts because they reveal them. I see nothing wrong with labeling depraved conduct as ‘evil’ especially when the motivation for the conduct is known. The problem comes, as you correctly indicated, when people corrupt the doctrine that people accept on faith, to advance their own self-serving agendas.