Pip,
It is possible that we may in future even be surprised how much this is down to a matter of semantics perhaps.
I indeed think people should be help responsible for their actions, of course. When I say that I think "beliefs" are to blame I mean that I believe beliefs are entirely what drive a person and so if there is any negativity or scolding it should in frustration be directed at them, the beliefs, not the person - as in, not their nature. Nature is nature. And we are part of nature too, and it's completely and utterly pointless to blame nature IMO.
So you I see, I see it it as pointless to hate someone's character - their nature. We are who we are, and we can of course change ( or rather... we are changing all the time. Life is just an ongoing process), but I believe that our beliefs (which are part of us) are the part of us that drive us. So, to put it one way, 'they' control 'us' and not the other way around.
I believe everyone should of course be held responsible for their actions because that is obviously what is best for humanity... but I do not believe in "blaming" someone's own nature.... for example: I wouldn't agree with punishing someone unless more future good than bad came out of it.
EvF
It is possible that we may in future even be surprised how much this is down to a matter of semantics perhaps.
I indeed think people should be help responsible for their actions, of course. When I say that I think "beliefs" are to blame I mean that I believe beliefs are entirely what drive a person and so if there is any negativity or scolding it should in frustration be directed at them, the beliefs, not the person - as in, not their nature. Nature is nature. And we are part of nature too, and it's completely and utterly pointless to blame nature IMO.
So you I see, I see it it as pointless to hate someone's character - their nature. We are who we are, and we can of course change ( or rather... we are changing all the time. Life is just an ongoing process), but I believe that our beliefs (which are part of us) are the part of us that drive us. So, to put it one way, 'they' control 'us' and not the other way around.
I believe everyone should of course be held responsible for their actions because that is obviously what is best for humanity... but I do not believe in "blaming" someone's own nature.... for example: I wouldn't agree with punishing someone unless more future good than bad came out of it.
EvF
