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Old December 11th, 2003, 04:57 AM
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Default Re: [OT] The Art of Winning Games

I don't think that there is such a thing as "good" or "evil". It's just points of view. Hitler didn't think that slaughting multi millions was a bad thing, he thought he was doing a service to the Arayan race. From his point of vew he was "good". Genghis Khan took his lads for a stroll across Europe for perfectly good reasons in his opinion. The people being raped, looted and killed would have called him evil, he didn't think so, neither did his supporters.

Also, the concepts of "good" and "evil" change with time. Slavery these days is considered a moral outrage (EVIL) by the western media and intelligentisia (not neccesarily the mass of people though). But it was a fine idea to the Aztecs, Inca, most west African kingdoms through the 1900's, Roman Empire, various Chinese dynasties and modern day arab governments. All of whom think it's neccesary. Cannibalism is held to be evil by our western cultures, the cannibal cultures think there is a reason for it though, otherwise they wouldn't do it. For them it's not evil, it's a religious experience and thus "good".

So "Good" and "Evil" appear to be viewpoints with no set values positive or negative except those of the people involved. It appears to become worse with the pasing of time. Individual "W" who, during their life was a loved / respected / disliked / hated person (as everyone else) becomes, over time, an icon for something or other "good" (Washington and truth). Then they get revisited and they change into things to be reviled (Washington and slavery), which again changes to be something else (Washington and his illegitimate children perhaps?).

So, no good, no evil, just viewpoints up close and personal or 1,000 years later in a "standardised" school text book.
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