Re: Source Code for OS?

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3A7C2A6A.528204E@qwest.net>, olcott  <olcott@qwest.net> wrote:
 
> Paul Schlyter wrote:
> 
>> In article <3A7ADC85.855C516A@qwest.net>, olcott  <olcott@qwest.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article <3A7A538F.FAD50A4F@qwest.net>, olcott  <olcott@qwest.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> One thing that is not subject to the possible error
>>>>> of belief, an assertion that is analytically true, is
>>>>> that hatefulness contributes to hell on earth...
>>>>
>>>> So those who fought Hitler and his troops during WW II, did they
>>>> contribute to "Hell on Earth"?  Would the world have been a better
>>>> place if they instead had let the German Nazi's win that war?
>>>
>>> There is a difference between the hatefulness that was demonstrated
>>> here, using mean and spiteful hate filled words, merely because of
>>> disagreement over using obsolete software, and defending one's life
>>> from those that would take it.
>>
>> True ... but then you agre with me that there are some kinds of hatred
>> which doesn't contribute to "hell on Earth", i.e. that there are cases
>> where feelings of hate are fully justified....
> 
> No. I myself could kill someone that was trying to take my life, with
> no felling of hatred.  Iff that was my ONLY choice, that is what I would
> do. The purpose of Love your enemies is to destroy the enmity rather
> than the enemy.  This is the first choice.
 
Your first choice would be to preserve your own life though.  That
wasn't Christ's first choice....
 
Anyway, then you think it's OK to kill others as long as you do it
coldbloodedly, without feelings, or perhaps even with feelings of
joy?  That would certainly rule out feelings of hatred....
 
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