Seer Travis Truman wrote on Oct 8
th, 2009 at 5:57pm:
Happy wrote on Oct 8
th, 2009 at 1:01pm:
Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 8
th, 2009 at 8:16am:
STT - there is something to that [quote]IF murder is wrong, it cannot be selective [quote]
we do not steal from a thief for justice, we do not rape a rapist.......
Maybe we should, until perpetrator says that this is not honourable thing to do, according to rule of fighting fire with fire.
But then you would all be doing the "not honourable" action.
And what good would the word of this so-called "dishonerable" be to you? What would you achieve?
Dont you realise that the reason why people steal, murder, rape etc is because of their own internal psychological, idealogical and emotion reality? You would just motivate them further.
If one can fight fire with fire, why can't criminals fight against the society that subjected them to child-hood harm?
Yes, yes, Socrates said 2500 years ago that no-one does evil knowingly (each does what he thinks is a better thing at the time of his action).
This does not meant that no-one does evil. Having "psychological, idealogical and emotion realities" while doing evil does not make it OK. Just because bad peopl also have inner lives does not make them any less bad. Psychology is not an excuse for evil acts. What matters is the intention AND the act together.
And it IS worth protecting people from psychopaths, sociopaths and evil people. Once you reach the age of maturity, responsibility kicks in. If you want to be in the team, you take responsibility for your actions. You decide to harm a team member, you are subject to the law of the team. And those laws have been made clear to you before you did your evil act.
You will be given a trial by the team members who will imagine themselves in your shoes. If they find you guilty, the rules will be applied.
Socrates understood this and so he did not flee from the laws and drank his cup of hemlock.
Membership of the team is voluntary. If you do not like to live in society, you can live in the desert. You decide.
Moral: Be a man and take responsibility for your actions.