Boyle5150 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 “The real test is this. Suppose one reads a story of filthy atrocities in the paper. Then suppose that something turns up suggesting that the story might not be quite true, or not quite so bad as it was made out. Is one’s first feeling, “Thank God, even they aren’t quite so bad as that,” or is it a feeling of disappointment, and even a determination to cling to the first story for the sheer pleasure of thinking your enemies as bad as possible? If it is the second then it is, I am afraid, the first step in a process which, if followed to the end, will make us into devils. You see, one is beginning to wish that black was a little blacker. If we give that wish its head, later on we shall wish to see grey as black, and then to see white itself as black. Finally, we shall insist on seeing everything—God and our friends and ourselves included—as bad, and not be able to stop doing it: we shall be fixed forever in a universe of pure hatred.” -CS Lewis CEB, take notes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, Boyle5150 said: CEB, take notes ... Post it there and maybe they'll see it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyle5150 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Post it there and maybe they'll see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 when bad people that do bad things get caught doing bad things the relief is that maybe now they will be stopped from doing more bad things it’s like catching al capone on tax evasion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 "Here's my quote of the day." - Bacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyle5150 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, stepee said: when bad people that do bad things get caught doing bad things the relief is that maybe now they will be stopped from doing more bad things it’s like catching al capone on tax evasion Not really the direction I believe was intended, but the irony is quite eloquent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, Boyle5150 said: Not really the direction I believe was intended, but the irony is quite eloquent. well duh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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