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From: Maia Cheli-Colando <maia>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:14:08 -0700
Waller,
Mark Fiore nails this in this week's cartoon, regarding the genocide in Darfur. What I most appreciate is that this time, he included a link to marching against the genocide -- giving an opportunity for action, not just for cynicism.
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/fiore/
Maia
p.s. I am eager to read what you learn about Baum's editorial... it's been in my mind much of late. So, nudge, nudge. :)
Hastings, Waller wrote:
> I can think of no more dangerous stance to take than the
>assertion that one is somehow incapable of evil. The insistence that
>those who do evil are somehow qualitatively different from the rest of
>us is an easy moral position that absolves us from thinking about the
>consequences of our own actions or non-actions. Only if we recognize
>our own capacity to commit evil can we have any real hope of reducing
>the amount of evil that there is in the world.
>
>
Received on Thu 27 Apr 2006 11:14:08 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:14:08 -0700
Waller,
Mark Fiore nails this in this week's cartoon, regarding the genocide in Darfur. What I most appreciate is that this time, he included a link to marching against the genocide -- giving an opportunity for action, not just for cynicism.
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/fiore/
Maia
p.s. I am eager to read what you learn about Baum's editorial... it's been in my mind much of late. So, nudge, nudge. :)
Hastings, Waller wrote:
> I can think of no more dangerous stance to take than the
>assertion that one is somehow incapable of evil. The insistence that
>those who do evil are somehow qualitatively different from the rest of
>us is an easy moral position that absolves us from thinking about the
>consequences of our own actions or non-actions. Only if we recognize
>our own capacity to commit evil can we have any real hope of reducing
>the amount of evil that there is in the world.
>
>
Received on Thu 27 Apr 2006 11:14:08 AM CDT
