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Re: No evil people
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Sat, 3 Nov 2001 13:16:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Carl Watson writes:

Yes thanks.

I do not deny the existence of evil.
IMO evil is a description of an action.
I believe there are evildoer's but not evil people.
What do you think?

I think that there ARE evil people. Here are a few candidates for you to
consider:

Pol Pot. Joseph McCarthy. Joseph Stalin. Jeffrey Dahmer.

(that last one, some will argue is a mentally ill person, but I'm not sure
one way or the other... it's a candidate list not an assertion list)



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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GM87Jw.Iry@lugnet.com... (...) IMO all those people performed evil acts. How do you define an 'evil person'? How do you define evil? Can someone perform evil acts & not be an evil (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GM853y.CJE@lugnet.com... (...) good, (...) you (...) remorseless (...) Yes thanks. I do not deny the existence of evil. IMO evil is a description of an action. I believe there are (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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