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The Nature, or lack of same, of Evil
Oct. 26th, 2004 05:19 pmThis is going to be a long and convoluted post. I'm having a hard time getting all my mental ducks in a row, so if you find that I've been illogical or self-contradictory, please challenge me. This is a way of thinking out loud. However, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
siderea's question in my last entry about whether I believe anyone is evil has had me thinking.
Behind the LJ cut will be several Pratchett quotations (and potential spoilers for the books Maskerade and Men at Arms), discussions of child rearing by a middle-aged woman who doesn't have any, and a labored potato analogy.
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A week from today, I will step into a voting booth and pull the trigger, er, lever. At this moment the Presidential Race is neck and neck. Neither candidate is evil. All I ask is that, if you are a US citizen, you too walk into a voting booth next Tuesday. Think about good and bad, right and wrong. Ask yourself what decisions these men have made and whether you agree with them. Ask yourself what mistakes these men have made and decide whether they've taken responsibility for them. Make your choice. Pull the lever.
siderea's question in my last entry about whether I believe anyone is evil has had me thinking.Behind the LJ cut will be several Pratchett quotations (and potential spoilers for the books Maskerade and Men at Arms), discussions of child rearing by a middle-aged woman who doesn't have any, and a labored potato analogy.
( Read more... )
A week from today, I will step into a voting booth and pull the trigger, er, lever. At this moment the Presidential Race is neck and neck. Neither candidate is evil. All I ask is that, if you are a US citizen, you too walk into a voting booth next Tuesday. Think about good and bad, right and wrong. Ask yourself what decisions these men have made and whether you agree with them. Ask yourself what mistakes these men have made and decide whether they've taken responsibility for them. Make your choice. Pull the lever.
