(August 30, 2010 at 1:46 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:There are people who kill and harm other people
Yes....many of them in the name or your god or some other. Why is that?
The ability to rationalise the most appalling acts is one of humanity's most profoundly useful inventions.
Many use piety. Many more use the common good. A relatively small number have the intestinal fortitude no to make no excuses, and admit it's a matter of self interest.