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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-28-07 01:16 PM
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6. horribly
beautiful.

you have presented your thoughts so well. The fact that i share your perspective doesn't change that.

And i also believe that it is normal and natural to find healthy release for the emotional reactions being witnesses to the cruelty of humans usually brings up in us. Those reactions might be thinking and wishing for revenge- most people instinctivly want to hit back when hit. And discussing those feelings isn't bad.

But discussing should also involve thinking through the thoughts and reactions we feel inclined to desire, to their conclusion- And allowing others to present their perspectives and any information which supports why they hold the position they do.

Anger is a difficult emotion to navigate through in my experience. I don't believe there is any 'right' and 'wrong' to feelings- they are- it is in how we deal with them that we can make some poor choices- (imo) As for 'moral' superiority- no one is morally superior to anyone. It is best when we embrace our personal perspectives and cling to or alter them based on reason, rather than emotion or outside pressures.

thank your for your post.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
— Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche





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