(October 16, 2012 at 4:37 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: I think these days I have a more balanced view as well. When you're young, you see things more in black and white rather than shades of gray. Neither government nor businesses are an evil to be fought. They rather have their roles to play. Life's a bit more of a balance.
Having worked for the UK Government, I wholeheartedly agree. Most Government departments have more than enough on their plate already, trying to keep up with Government policy and/or trying to stop it. If there's any time left over for evil conspiracy shenanigans, I certainly never found it.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
