Are you honestly sayingFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:12:20 EST
that the unquestionably anti-Semitic statements issued by these unquestionably
anti-Semitic organizations in response to Gibson's movie AREN'T evil?
No. I'm saying that in relation to Nicks comments, the concept of evil appeared to be the typical ideological one. And I reject that. I reject it like I would water in my lungs. It isn't based upon concrete fact. It's a purely unfounded, abstract concept. I tend towards the concept of a man-made "evil". A term we use to define something that goes against our own morality. Of course one must understand that individual or perhaps more accurately regional morality, differs from person to person, and from place to place. We are after all the products of our own environments; at least to a fairly large extent anyway.
Are you honestly claiming that labeling these statements evil is somehow more evil than the statements themselves?
Now that's an interesting question. First of all, is it even possible for something to be "more evil" than something else?
I can't appropriately answer your question however, until I know where you stand on the concept of evil. (Your last sentance doesn't quite fit the bill)
How can you have an "honest discourse" with Nazis?
Are they not human?
All you can do is label them for the filth they are and try to keep others
from being infected by their evil. And yes, it's clearly evil. And of course
it's man-made. People do evil things. That's precisely what evil is.
Tom Beck
What's that saying? "An eye for an eye makes you blind. And when you're groping around in the dark, it's easy to tumble into the abyss". Something like that anyway.
Look. I accept the fact that what the Nazi's done during the second World War was WRONG. The Holocaust was WRONG. But I know that the only reason I think it was wrong, is due to my own morality. Also I have this inherent belief that life is precious, and needless loss of life, as in the case of the Holocaust, is macabre to say the least. But I sincerely doubt that I would have a problem with it if I were born and raised a Nazi. Do you understand where I am coming from? I'm looking at things as objectively as I can, to find some fundamental truths in this thing we call life. Why? Because I have this.....integrity if you will, to seek truth, no matter harsh that truth may be. I absolutely reject any and all assumption sets, and replace them with these truths that hold as much truth as I can find. It's how I remain sane.
So I ask you to understand my viewpoint, and to not quote God or any concepts of that nature to me. Unless of course you can prove the existence of these things.
-Travis
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