by banned » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:42 am
I definitely agree that the goal of evil is to dishearten and discourage good people so that they don't have the strength to fight for what is right.<br><br>There simply are not enough evil people to keep everyone in line, so the evil ones have to turn as many people as they can into sheeple. For some people this is accomplished by fear--they pick a scapegoat group or groups and attack them, to make the others watch their step. For others, it's depression and despair that immobilizes them.<br><br>I know people often say the government has the guns and bombs, but the truth is, the American military does not have the power to hold a country the size of the US militarily. It simply cannot be done, not without most of the population colluding. Just think what would happen if there was a general strike and even a fraction of people in certain key occupations refused to cooperate with BushCo. Imagine if a few people seized printing presses and radio and TV stations and began to broadcast the truth, not BushCo's lies.<br><br>For people who have been severely damaged by trauma, it's heroic just to get up in the morning and make breakfast--seizing radio stations is out of the question. Unfortunately the people who aren't already damaged are generally pretty oblivious of the problem. That's the sad paradox. In order to become aware of what is going on beneath the veneer of society, you have to cross the line where you are no longer benefitting from the lies and the collusion. But then you are part of the 'out group.' You are mentally or physically ill, or homeless, or working poor just scraping by, or a combination of the above. You have the insight into what is wrong and what needs to be done to fix it, but not the strength to do it.<br><br>I have found that for people who have been wounded in their spirit, the thing they need most is a support system that can get them over the times when their hope is running on empty, to enable them to recharge. Unfortunately abuse survivors often trust the wrong people, or have had so many bad experiences they can't trust at all anymore. And just like with animals, predators look for the loners, the outliers, the obviously vulnerable. Some of them pose as helpers--I've met therapists, doctors, social workers who do more damage than good, sometimes because they are themselves wounded and misguided, but also because, like pedophiles who become teachers and coaches and priests, they have a captive population. If only good people were as energetic in reaching out to those in trouble as the bad ones are--how many 'pew potatoes' spend any time at all doing good works during the week, yet each Sunday they show up for services and preen about what good Christians they are. Imagine how any community would be transformed if all the people who claimed to be good Christians actually spent even the one hour a week they spend buffing their haloes in church in an active ministry with those vulnerable populations. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
