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DahBoner's avatar

Ethics? For a cockroach????

They should go to Asia and watch a monk pick up a rock and throw it at a dog that menaces him. And oh, it gets way worse....

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Actually, there are people who do think that way. Unsurprisingly, that line is particularly encouraged by especially conservative religious groups. They point to the Bible, where it warns against false prophets and the temptation of demons, and take that to mean that if someone tries persuading you away from your viewpoint, they might be under the influence of the Devil (and they don't always mean that figuratively either), trying to deceive you and tempt you away from the truth.

To me, of course, this is all tragically ironic, since it means they're totally unable to question whoever is feeding them this crap. Not once do they ask whether *that* person is a false prophet, or whether or not they're the ones who maybe have been led astray.

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