Good and Evil ?????

Originally Posted by MountainPro

i think that a person who is not intrinsically evil is capable of an act such as murder in cold blood.

if the victim deserved (in the killers eyes) to die, such as in revenge for a terrible crime committed against the killer.

we all associate priests and the like of being generally 'good' people. If that priest's parents or close family were murdered, the priest in a moment of madness may decide to hunt down and kill the person responsible. The priest isnt necessarily evil in this instance..

Originally Posted by Eden

I'm with the evil is a matter of perspective camp. Things that I view as evil may be viewed by others as benign or even good and vice versa. I think that as with most human endevours it often comes down to the "me". If it affects "me" in a way that I don't like then it is evil whether or not for someone else it may be good. While many people don't exist day to day in a situation of life and death the instinct for personal survival is still quite strong, so I think that it is difficult (but not impossible) to get people to make personal sacrifices for the good of others.

I think that the bigger trouble is that many many people are easily led and allow others to tell them what is good and what is evil and even worse what they should do about it. If people stopped to think for themselves more often they might see that the world is a lot less black and white than they have been led to believe.

Originally Posted by MountainPro

i had a dog that like curry, although the mutt was a good hearted old soul, his arsehole did emit the occasional hellish odour.

Originally Posted by jhuskey

I believe we are in agreement that evil has persistence by definition but there again a better of more patient person as you say might fight off the urge for revenge and forgive.
Then we have the theory that evil is the absence of good.
As far as FredC and his a pet,I would like to note what an unselfish sacrifice it was for him to rid the world of such a malevolent force.
Was it a Poodle?

Originally Posted by FredC

No it was some sort of 80% black labrador, god knows what the other bit was. He had to die, before the Sheriff put a destruction order on him, and I had to pay damages to innocent people. Another dog I had, a real gent was Angus, he was half miniature poodle, and half Highland terrier. If he barked from his kennel, something was going on, never a false alarm.

Originally Posted by FredC

No it was some sort of 80% black labrador, god knows what the other bit was. He had to die, before the Sheriff put a destruction order on him, and I had to pay damages to innocent people. Another dog I had, a real gent was Angus, he was half miniature poodle, and half Highland terrier. If he barked from his kennel, something was going on, never a false alarm.

Originally Posted by FredC

I've told you before, dogs are not designed to live in house, otherwise they wouldn't have fur.

Originally Posted by MountainPro

nah, this is a fair weather dog....when i went to uni i gave it to my brother, that was in 1993. He is still knocking around, had two strokes and almost completely grey. He was also a black lab half breed.

liked a bit of beer and madras, it seems to keep him young and lively. but for christs sake keep his arse away from naked flames.

Originally Posted by FredC

I'm amazed he has lasted so long, then again he should have put down when he had a stroke, I hate people like that who keep a dog because they think it's kind. No it isnt, it's just bloody selfish.

Originally Posted by davidmc

It occurred to me this afternoon, as I was pondering this question, that morons or sufficiently stupid persons could pass for being evil. What are your thoughts to my hypopthesis

Originally Posted by davidmc

It occurred to me this afternoon, as I was pondering this question, that morons or sufficiently stupid persons could pass for being evil. What are your thoughts to my hypopthesis

Originally Posted by shokhead

OK,your evil.