Re: stakeholders in shared grief

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Jan 26 2003 - 16:00:56 MST


Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
>
> If you are contending that Atheists are incapable of doing evil, it
> reminds me of the verbiage I get from Christians, when I opine, during
> discussions; about certain atrocities done in Jesus' name. I get the
> spiel: Oh, those weren't really Christians!" I sometimes reply, "Well
> who were they then, Martians, Eskimo's?"
>
> I think one has to accept the evil one's groups behavior that has been
> done, once it has been proven, beyond a reasonable doubt. Its like a bad
> marriage, one either stays in it for the good it may offer, or one gets out.
>
> Please don't say: "oh those weren't really atheists who committed
> murders under the banner of Communism, those were socialist." Or they
> were from Mars, mayhaps? :^)

Humans.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence


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