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[Marco Leise]

Am 28.11.2011, 09:35 Uhr, schrieb Jude <10equals2 at gmail.com>:

> On 11/28/2011 02:10 AM, so wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:11:35 +0200, Jude <10equals2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Forums are lame and just "DON'T GET IT" and I don't like them
>>> and EVERYONE must agree that my method is superior and use my
>>> preferred method" is NOT a valid reason.
>>>
>>> Most people don't care about your holy wars. I'm done with this
>>> topic, it just makes me lose faith in humanity.
>>
>> If you are in the mood of losing faith in humanity, go do it on
>> something worthwhile like the wars and famine. Not on something
>> insignificant like two ideas on one thing.
>
> It's not the two ideas on one thing that bothered me, it was
> (admittedly my mistaken) perceived attitude about it.
>
> Wars, Famine?  They all basically boil down to one thing:
> Two people, (or representatives of two people) disagree.
>
> But both are so absolutely certain that they are correct, they do not
> even attempt to look at the other side of the coin.
> In fact, they will blatantly refuse to even acknowledge the fact that
> there is a possibility that they could be wrong.
>
> There will be no compromise, not without threats to accompany it.
> Dictators, suicide bombings, the aforementioned wars and famine and
> rape and murder...
>
> they all stem from one particular source.
> I'm right, my path is holy, what you are doing offends me and
> therefore I will restrict your right to do so.
>
> We want your resources, and since we believe that might is right, we
> will take it without a second thought to how you feel about this.
>
> My people are superior to yours and therefore should have the right to
> enslave you and do with you as we see fit.
>
> My people are genetically superior to yours and therefore we will
> eliminate you for the benefit of mankind(read as ourselves). (it's not
> a thread without a hitler reference.)
>
> I deserve that apple on the cart, so I take it without a second
> thought to how it might affect the cart owner.
>
> It all stems from a misguided sense of superiority.
> A lot of people disagree with me on this, but I haven't seen a
> compelling argument against it yet.
>
> So when you say that if I want to lose faith in humanity, to look at
> x, or y.
> I think that deep down, the core of the problem is almost always the
> exact same thing.
> selfishness, arrogance, and a belief of superiority.
> I just like to call it judgement.
>
> Everything else is just variations on a theme.

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