On 2006-May 29, at 19:04hrs PM, William Chops Westfield wrote:


On May 29, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Gus S Calabrese wrote:


> There are many people who would dream of blowing up their
> boss or partner.  They do not know how.  The intent is there.
>

Wishing is NOT the same as intent.  And I'm not sure if the original
poster meant to imply that intent ONLY (with not action) was evil.)
[ How do you differentiate wishing and intent ?  You claim they are  
different....
  so what is the difference ?  POD ]

And if we're talking about "evil", I think intent IS important as
well as results.  [  What is the ratio in your mind ?  I/R in my mind  
is 10/90.
That is: results are 9 times as important as intent.  DEAD is DEAD  
whether the
perpetrator meant to do it or not.  I choose a bungling devil over a  
careless saint
any day of the epoch   POD ]

Accidentally infecting a native population with
assorted deadly diseases, or trading them drugs that they are
biologically or culturally unprepared to use responsibly are
unfortunate incidents, but not "evil."  Violating treaties, and
forced marches to reservations to steal land is well over the line...

[  why are these two paragraphs included in your comments ?
    What point are you making ?  POD ]
Apparently one of my great uncles died at Auschwitz.  He was a
known criminal, of course, having been convicted of selling art,
trying to move his wealth out of Germany, and (essentially) cheating
on his taxes, as well as being Jewish.  From Gestapo records:


> Dr. Schiffer emphasized that he had been put off in the matter
> by Westfeld for four years now, and showed this man to be a
> disgusting cheat and a typical representative of Judaism who,
> in the event of his liberation, would torment mankind further
> with his fraud and racketeering. The state attorney has no
> further interest in Westfeld and considers his confinement
> in a concentration camp to be necessary.
>
>

BillW
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