META: The problem of "Good vs. Evil"
Andrew Burton
tuglyraisin at aol.com
Tue Feb 19 17:56:42 PST 2008
Martin Phipps wrote:
> "I see and I understand."
>
> "Really?"
>
> "Yes and, in fact, I can relate to how you feel."
>
> "Oh?"
>
> "I too have had a bad day. The mayor gave me a hard time this
> morning: he told me I hadn't been tough enough on crime."
>
> "Oh."
>
> "And, before that, I talked to my son about his report card. He told
> me that school is a lot harder than it was when I was his age and that
> I should expect a few Cs and the occasional F."
>
> "Okay."
>
> "So while your argument may be perfectly valid, it is also
> unfortunately true that I'm not exactly in the mood to hear it right
> now. You see, my own decision in this case is predetermined as a
> result of a combination of the evidence in this case and the sum total
> of my own life's experiences. And given my current state of mind,
> what do you think my decision is going to be?"
>
> "Um... acquital?"
>
> "No. You will be held in state prison until such time as you can be
> brought to the electric chair to face execution. That is all. Do you
> have a problem with that?"
"Not at all? You are, after all, incapable of free will and merely a
slave and puppet to a higher power."
--
Andrew Burton
tuglyraisin at aol.com
http://utilitarian.us - A Guide to Esoteric Technology in Paragon City
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