MD wrote:
I'm a fortunate man, for sure. I've enjoyed material prosperity, physical health, and solid life-long relationships. "Good" or "Selfish" though? Neither and both. If I've struggled in this life it's been to stay spiritually and emotionally centered and having a black and white view of those attributes destroys the center.
Let's just say I pursue the virtues and avoid the vices, and I stand neither guilt-free nor condemned.
{edit:and why is this thread in economics and finance? we're way off topic}
Why in Economics and Finance? Because the topic of the OP is clearly related to that. However, such a thread inevitably produces tangents, and this is one kind that can result. There is no purity between forums or topics, they all crossover in some ways. I tend to favor a board organization that runs chronologically as opposed to a forum organized board as a result, but that is not how this board is organized. So you do have the problem of how to deal with tangents, not easily soluble of course.
You are a fortunate man MD, and so am I. Negotiating this endgame for anyone will be difficult. I do disagree with you though that it is not in the purview of a person to make a reductionist analysis to "black and white". While you may see things in shades of gray, I really do not. Its 1s and 0s for me, its digital. I compute it, its a discrete analysis for me. I CAN say with authority what is Good and what is Evil, based on the calculations. I'll back it up also, in more words than you can imagine possible really, I write the stuff as I think it. I do believe it possible to show evil for what it is by exhaustively analysing the problem. I don;t write short because to phrase it all it takes a lot of writing, it takes a lot of thought. I spend the time necessary to do that, others will not. That is not my problem at all, as is obvious.
I don't sit on the fence, I don't countenance what I consider Evil. I take a STAND. I won't EVER agree to disagree, or say "Its a matter of opinion" on questions of Good and Evil. I'll write with authority and I will make very clear what is Evil. I challenge anyone to take me on in this endeavor. God help you if you do this. LOL.
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I just provoke into this too easily, its a personal fault of mine. I am more interested in understanding the coming depression, so hopefully we return to this now.
