I’m partial to “The question I get asked by religious people all the time is, without God, what’s to stop me from raping all I want? And my answer is: I do rape all I want. And the amount I want is zero. And I do murder all I want, and the amount I want is zero. The fact that these people think that if they didn’t have this person watching over them that they would go on killing, raping rampages is the most self-damning thing I can imagine”
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found I’ve got a little list — I’ve got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!
– Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado
There’s absolutely a handful of figures – all well known, all active in politics or business, all gladly engaging in behaviors that cause mass harm and sometimes death – that I might be inclined to try to murder assassinate. (Once you’re that famous, its assumed you have enemies who want to kill you, even if you’re just famous for being a Beatle and writing pop songs.)
I’m not sure I could pull the trigger, having ever killed anyone, but I and many many others have motive good enough for the courts, regardless of who actually kills them.
But yeah, even if I had a really, really good rifle and training to use it (or a hit-man glad to do it for me) it would be an act of desperation. I would not fault a starving man for stealing food, and would applaud a mother swiping medicine for her kids.
My mores drive me, instead, to remove these people from their positions of power without causing them harm, or even better, to reform them ( by way of Inception maybe) so that they conduct themselves with empathy and awareness of all the harm they might cause by their actions. But when we don’t have the capacity to do that, and they continue to cause harm, the knife in the night whispers.
thats great for you, but imagine one day someone murders someone you really care about (may it never happen to you ever), you might want to kill that person, that is a perfectly normal feeling considering the circumstances but what stops you or not are your morals
I’m partial to “The question I get asked by religious people all the time is, without God, what’s to stop me from raping all I want? And my answer is: I do rape all I want. And the amount I want is zero. And I do murder all I want, and the amount I want is zero. The fact that these people think that if they didn’t have this person watching over them that they would go on killing, raping rampages is the most self-damning thing I can imagine”
Do the people asking that question just conveniently ignore the fact that religious leaders rape children like it’s going out of style?
Immunity to cognitive dissonance is a requirement to believe in religion.
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found
I’ve got a little list — I’ve got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground
And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!
– Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado
There’s absolutely a handful of figures – all well known, all active in politics or business, all gladly engaging in behaviors that cause mass harm and sometimes death – that I might be inclined to try to
murderassassinate. (Once you’re that famous, its assumed you have enemies who want to kill you, even if you’re just famous for being a Beatle and writing pop songs.)I’m not sure I could pull the trigger, having ever killed anyone, but I and many many others have motive good enough for the courts, regardless of who actually kills them.
But yeah, even if I had a really, really good rifle and training to use it (or a hit-man glad to do it for me) it would be an act of desperation. I would not fault a starving man for stealing food, and would applaud a mother swiping medicine for her kids.
My mores drive me, instead, to remove these people from their positions of power without causing them harm, or even better, to reform them ( by way of Inception maybe) so that they conduct themselves with empathy and awareness of all the harm they might cause by their actions. But when we don’t have the capacity to do that, and they continue to cause harm, the knife in the night whispers.
I would be worried by those people and distance myself from them asap tbh.
I do want to commit some crimes but I also have morals, crazy concept
Last year I jaywalked directly in front of a police. While waving. Oh the thrill.
I mean, my morals are so deeply embedded in me that I don’t even want to commit any crimes. Ever.
thats great for you, but imagine one day someone murders someone you really care about (may it never happen to you ever), you might want to kill that person, that is a perfectly normal feeling considering the circumstances but what stops you or not are your morals
Religious people have no empathy. Got it!
None for LBGT people that’s for sure
After Life. Good show.