More Buddhist violence

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by RStar

So if it would be socially acceptable to beat the snot out of you (for whatever social reason in the law books of this make believe township), you would be okay with it? I fear that evil is evil, regardless of what society says. Look at the way women have been treated in the Middle East and most Asian countries in the past. Do you think they enjoyed that? No, the accepted it, and that still makes it bad.

A young child with no sense of right or wrong will still do a selfish act, and take something that is not his.

Herein lies the challenge, creating a society for the greater collective selfishness. If we agree as a society it's acceptable to put the child murderer to death, no doubt the condemed child murderer might not find that acceptable - but the community as a collective might find this act of violence acceptable, and possibly even "good."

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I'm reminded of an Emo Philips joke

When I was a kid, every night I used to pray that God would bring me a bicycle. But then I realized He doesn't work that way—so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me!