KillerMovies - Movies That Matter!

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN IN! - It's easy and it's free!
Home » Community » General Discussion Forum » Philosophy Forum » Evil ideas?

Evil ideas?
Started by: Gregory

Forum Jump:
Post New Thread    Post A Reply
Pages (5): « First ... « 3 4 [5]   Last Thread   Next Thread
Author
Thread
BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube

Gender: Male
Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Moderator

"Those people would stand in front of us and tell us that being a homosexual is an evil way to be, and nothing we say or do will convince them otherwise, no matter how 'not evil' that might be."


Yep, and those people are factually stupid.


__________________

Old Post Jun 1st, 2004 03:22 AM
BackFire is currently offline Click here to Send BackFire a Private Message Find more posts by BackFire Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
Dexx
wingless

Gender: Male
Location: Bucharest, Romania

quote:
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
No, he was not evil, he was mentaly unstable, whats your point?

nevermind mentaly unstable. you say hitler wasn't evil, jack the ripper wasn't evil...name one evil person throughout history..

quote:
Originally posted by lil bitchiness
...... what...are you talking about....? exactly.... [/B]

i was talkin with ush

Old Post Jun 1st, 2004 11:52 AM
Dexx is currently offline Click here to Send Dexx a Private Message Find more posts by Dexx Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
Syren
dreaming

Gender: Female
Location: every which way but loose

Re: Evil ideas?

quote:
Originally posted by Gregory
The question I would like to pose is this: can ideas, independant of action, be bad or evil? For example, most people consider racism to be bad. But if a racist, for whatever reason (such as fear of social sanctions) never acts on his racism, would his racist ideas still be bad? Or does it not make sense to talk about ideas being "good" or "bad" unless they result in "good" or "bad" actions?


OK, I do think that ideas, even when independent of action, can be evil. Using your example of racism, regardless of whether the racist acts on his/her notions, the seed for evil is still in existence. Think Chinese Whispers. What if the racist did nothing physically about his views except perhaps share how he felt with another, perhaps impressionable friend? This friend would then have the racist views planted, and it could continue. So, although the racist did nothing obviously noticeable about his ideas, he still managed to get his point across. Sometimes whispering speaks the loudest. Just a theory........


__________________


ThorinWoofer

Old Post Jun 1st, 2004 12:30 PM
Syren is currently offline Click here to Send Syren a Private Message Find more posts by Syren Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
All times are UTC. The time now is 06:34 PM.
Pages (5): « First ... « 3 4 [5]   Last Thread   Next Thread

Home » Community » General Discussion Forum » Philosophy Forum » Evil ideas?

Email this Page
Subscribe to this Thread
   Post New Thread  Post A Reply

Forum Jump:
Search by user:
 

Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is OFF
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON

Text-only version
 

< - KillerMovies.com - Forum Archive - Forum Rules >


© Copyright 2000-2006, KillerMovies.com. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by: vBulletin, copyright ©2000-2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.