Comments on: Mankind: Good, Evil, or None of the Above? http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/comment-page-1/#comment-55283 Bob Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:41:50 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/#comment-55283 Reward goodness and charity, preserve justice by dispensing it equal to the degree of injustice. People say "an eye for an eye" is barbaric, but its beautifully simple. True equity and humanity for the world requires its leaders having the strength to meet evil head on and wipe it out, case by case. Paradox of course, is that most people who are much more good than bad, will not seek to spend their lives trying to hold sway over the rest of their kind. Politicians are almost without exception, evil by their very desire to dictate others' lives. There's no real way to win. Reward goodness and charity, preserve justice by dispensing it equal to the degree of injustice. People say “an eye for an eye” is barbaric, but its beautifully simple. True equity and humanity for the world requires its leaders having the strength to meet evil head on and wipe it out, case by case. Paradox of course, is that most people who are much more good than bad, will not seek to spend their lives trying to hold sway over the rest of their kind. Politicians are almost without exception, evil by their very desire to dictate others’ lives. There’s no real way to win.

]]> By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 Hildy Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:56:16 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/#comment-5389 John: You are so right - both about our seeming need for certainty, and the need for comics! Thanks for the note! Hildy John:
You are so right – both about our seeming need for certainty, and the need for comics! Thanks for the note!
Hildy

]]> By: john brandon http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/comment-page-1/#comment-5348 john brandon Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:22:21 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/2008/01/28/mankind-good-evil-or-none-of-the-above/#comment-5348 Hildy: A very thought-provoking perspective. I guess we all like answers and certainty so we want there to be AN answer to every question. But that prevents us from looking deeper and exploring the broad range of answers and solutions that are available to us. Thanks for the insight; it will keep me on my toes and get me thinking about applying another perspective to the questions that come before me. And I wait every day for my Pearls before Swine! John Hildy:

A very thought-provoking perspective. I guess we all like answers and certainty so we want there to be AN answer to every question. But that prevents us from looking deeper and exploring the broad range of answers and solutions that are available to us. Thanks for the insight; it will keep me on my toes and get me thinking about applying another perspective to the questions that come before me.
And I wait every day for my Pearls before Swine!
John

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