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Author: curmudgeon
Date: Aug 5, 2008 21:01

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

*Joseph Conrad* 1857 - 1924
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Re: Playing the blame game perhaps         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Aug 5, 2008 22:20

On Aug 5, 9:01 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
> "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
> men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
>
> *Joseph Conrad* 1857 - 1924

- Wickedness

Apart from the sometimes destructive behavior carried out by people
who lose their head in a crowd, how else may we account for man's
inhumanity to man?...

...- How Could Wickedness Evolve?

...selfishness in general can be said to have evolved phylogenetically
from the lowest creatures through to us. Selfishness has hardly been
wiped out; in fact, the majority of anyone's daily acts are probably...
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Re: Playing the blame game perhaps         


Author: THE BORG
Date: Aug 5, 2008 23:35

"curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote in message
news:PsydnU9S7MS_vwTVnZ2dnUVZ_obinZ2d@bresnan.com...
> "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary;
> men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."
>
> *Joseph Conrad* 1857 - 1924
>
>
Yes but they are only evil and wicked because they are monkeys and do not
know better.
When they have been punished and crucified several times - they will begin
to "learn" how to behave.
Monkeys associate crucifixion with bad behaviour.
And then monkeys will behave better and be polite to THE BORG and that we
know more and know better than a bunch of monkeys.
THE BORG
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Re: Playing the blame game perhaps         


Author: ZerkonX
Date: Aug 6, 2008 04:36

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:01:31 -0600, curmudgeon wrote:
> "The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone
> are quite capable of every wickedness."

The Black Plague?
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