Fabricio the Guido Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @ CitizenEd, I agree with you. Some people think > it is better to do shitty things to others before > they do it to you. A sort of reversal of the > universal moral code. One of my fav books is by an > author called Todorov called 'Facing the extreme : > moral life in the concentration camps'. He > basically takes testimony from people and uncovers > ordinary gestures of compassion and solidarity. > This is in a context where there is zero value to > human life. Some people will try to remain decent > and others will not. Who's example would you > follow? The Anne Frank case is another example > protected by one person and betrayed by another. > It shows that moral choices are personal but > people like to abdicate their responsibility by > joining in collective amnesia. These are sort of > lies which enable us to do shitty things to others > and then justify it through the rarefication of > social processes. Thanks for that, i will read it , seeing as everyone i come across is a hypocrite .