In organizations/governments there need just be factors/ideas overriding (positive) ethics, and atrocities can take place. — jorndoe
Killing Jews was a crowd pleaser well before the Enlightenment. The Crusades had people doing it at home as well as abroad. — Paine
Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. — Jul 22, 1209
Kings want to be emperors. Governors want to be president. Millionaires want to be billionaires. Same as it ever was. — T Clark
Just out of idle curiosity, what is a "vague wife"? I've known a few people whose normal state was "vague". — BC
We are good people, aren't we? — BC
He doesn't mean that we are doomed or that we don't also do magnificent, selfless things, but this dark patch is there, waiting, and history tells us it doesn't take much to be activated. — Tom Storm
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