Re: virus: bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?

Robin Faichney (robin@faichney.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:16:23 +0100


In message <35C11E12.E3BF1DBC@worldnet.att.net>, Nathaniel Hall
<natehall@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> writes
>Tim Rhodes wrote:
>
>>
>> Attributing the actions of your opponent to a moral weakness on their part
>> is one of the best ways to ensure your own future defeat at their hands.
>>
>> -Prof. Tim
>
> Therefore by standing up for what you think is right you are doing the
>wrong thing!
>Wow!

Hope Tim doesn't mind me jumping in here.

Standing up for what you think is right, and attributing
the actions of your opponent to a moral weakness on their
part, are entirely different things.

Moral judgements are always a substitute for understanding.
To judge someone as morally wrong, is factually wrong. To
cling to a moral judgement is to cling to a delusion, and
therefore to prepare the way for your own defeat.

-- 
Robin