Re: Source Code for OS?

[olcott <olcott@qwest.net>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> 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....
>

My first choice would be to preserve my own life
by expressing love toward those that would take it.
Because of my human limitations, I would not limit
this to my only choice in the preservation of my life.

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