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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Is "evil" no more than the ultimate form of "selfishness"? I guess so... And again, also a matter of the choices we make. I would like to refer to the biblical story of Adam and Eve. Eve chose to bite the bad apple. From our (human) point of view it Is all a matter of perspective. I remain with my statement tho that Good and Evil are some kind of forces, one might call it entities too, that influence us. The impact of the influence depends again on how influenceable one is. Does that make any sense? rOZZ Music Pictures |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
Is "evil" no more than the ultimate form of "selfishness"? That make sense. It also means that humans are not born evil. The choices we make is however a long story... |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30690 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Quantifying evil http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/30/measuring-evil-noted-psychiatrist-seeks-tool-to-quantify-wickedness/ A leading forensic psychiatrist who has testified in some of America’s most infamous violent crime cases seeks the nation’s collective opinion on these and other imponderables to complete more than 13 years of pioneering research aimed at codifying the concept of evil for the justice system. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Quantifying evil Codifying the concept of evil, interesting, yet so in need of an empirical explanation... rOZZ Music Pictures |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
Meh its basically an opinion poll asking people what they think is more evil. It has no validity beyond the population its designed to serve. |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
Perhaps Life Experience. IE: Living many years/decades with these people. Give some validity to this poll. Thats not how statistics work. |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
However, the results may be interesting, and have some validity. Sure, I never said it didnt have any validity. But if you are asking Americans what they think is 'evil' behavior then you can only apply the resulting definition to Americans. It should never be used to tell other people from other countries that what they do is 'evil'. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
However, the results may be interesting, and have some validity. But what if it proved they were? |
Мишель Send message Joined: 26 Nov 13 Posts: 3073 Credit: 87,868 RAC: 0 |
But what if it proved they were? Look if you ask Americans about their opinions, all you get are opinions. Of course you can say that other people commit acts that Americans are of the opinion constitute evil, but so what? Thats their own business. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30690 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
But what if it proved they were? So evil is an opinion. You can't put a ruler down and measure it. It doesn't exist except because someone else looks. Sounds about like a cat in a box. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
But what if it proved they were? Opinions are like a*******, everyone has one. statistics are similar in that they are only useful to bureaucrats & politicians. For everyone else, they mean squat. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30690 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
statistics are similar in that they are only useful to bureaucrats & politicians. Tell that to the LHC crew .... |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Damn Netherlands Person, ifn dere B No Not United At All States of Amerika, you'd Have Frakkin' nuttin' to do All Day. Sames wif most of youse Foreigners. Glad 2B of Service. Got Incineration? Yep. ' ' May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
brendan Send message Joined: 2 Sep 99 Posts: 165 Credit: 7,294,631 RAC: 0 |
Damn Netherlands Person, ifn dere B No Not United At All States of Amerika, you'd Have Frakkin' nuttin' to do All Day. Sames wif most of youse Foreigners. This persons postings are borderline racist/sexist/xenophobic. Incineration? Youse foreigners? Damn Netherlands etc? He/she seems to get away with it by writing in this weird, nonsensical way. |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
No Sweet Brenden, The Foreigners Are Getting Away Wif 'it'. So, Please, Put Away Your Looking For 'racist/sexist/xenophobic', etc. In EVERYTHING I Post, And Get A Grip. Yep. ' ' May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
brendan Send message Joined: 2 Sep 99 Posts: 165 Credit: 7,294,631 RAC: 0 |
No Sweet Brenden, The Foreigners Are Getting Away Wif 'it'. Foreigners are getting away with what? And what does "Got incineration" actually mean? You have an intriguing language usage but I find it hard to follow. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Don't worry about it. He's the projects "Court Jester". |
MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Don't Worry Sirius BahBahBahBbbbbbbbbbbbBBBBbbbbbb, He'll FigUR 'it' Out, One Day. Probably While playing Solitaire or Sumthang Like dat, or sittin' on His Throne. Yep. Life fO some, Ends In Incineration, but dats not Wat I meant. Yep. ' ' May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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MOMMY: He is MAKING ME Read His Posts Thoughts and Prayers. GOoD Thoughts and GOoD Prayers. HATERWORLD Vs THOUGHTs and PRAYERs World. It Is a BATTLE ROYALE. Nobody LOVEs Me. Everybody HATEs Me. Why Don't I Go Eat Worms. Tasty Treats are Wormy Meat. Yes Send message Joined: 16 Jun 02 Posts: 6895 Credit: 6,588,977 RAC: 0 |
Playing Solitaire gives insights at times. Exactly. I get mico-second to second, memory flashes of Great GOoDness. Basically, the Only Way I Can Have Them. I'm sure Solitaire has Many Beneficial Benefits for The Brain. And Sitting On The Throne, well, When I Plop, Any Insight 'is' Possible. Play fO yO Brain, Broheim, Broheimette. Or Not. Yep. ' ' May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!! |
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