Marek, You see the "clerks" every day. When someone is convicted and sentenced to years in prison for, say, marijuana possession, do the clerks, the ballifs, the judges, the DAs all seem to be mere functionaries, or are the, like, "yeah we got another criminal off the streets?"
It seems to me the Nazi clerks had to be committed to antisemitism, but, surely, half the processors of America's legal system have dabbled in pot, and it must be a challenge to put someone in a cell for a crime they've also committed but not yet been caught doing. Is this taking a psychic toll on them? Do they feel like Nazi guards who are saying, "I'm only following orders?" Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Marek Reavis" <reavisma...@...> wrote: > > "Most evil things aren't done by evil people, they're mostly done by clerks > and minor functionaries, minuted by committee, stamped and approved by the > relevant authorities." > > Well said, Guy, and important to realize. > > ** > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" <guyfawkes91@> wrote: > > > > > > > Perhaps many have been reincarnated from the previous period... > > > The Samsaras of the Nazi Era, are being worked out in the TMO. > > > Maharishi attracted to him, the ones with the most need in this area, to > > > release the strong Samsaras, so that the consciousness of the earth could > > > be 'once and for all', rid of these demi-gods. > > > > > > It is interesting to note, that on day of the announcement that Maharishi > > > had passed, was on the day that Barack Obama sailed on 'Super Tuesday'... > > > The torch had been passed... > > > R.G. > > People re-incarnating from previous lives as Nazis? This kind of "analysis" > > is a complete waste of time, a very poor substitute for careful thinking. > > It presupposes that some people are inherently "evil", but it fact research > > has shown that in the right circumstances pretty much everyone can be > > persuaded to do bad things. > > > > It's true that some people do find it easier than others to take on the > > role of "camp komandant" and get a kick out of ordering people around even > > to the point of having them done away with. But it's very much the nature > > of the collective morality of the group that allows that to happen. Most > > evil things aren't done by evil people, they're mostly done by clerks and > > minor functionaries, minuted by committee, stamped and approved by the > > relevant authorities. > > > > I think a more correct way of seeing things is to notice that as soon as a > > group of people develop the notion that their cause is so right that > > everyday ethics and simple compassion can be abandoned then they start down > > the road to unpleasant extremism. It's something that has been played out > > so many times in the course of history there's almost a standard script > > with established roles in the play. > > > > North Korea, the Bush administration, medieval Catholicism, the Taleban, > > Zionism, Nazism, Russian Communism, or the milder and more contained > > present structure of the TMO. They all share the idea that their cause is > > so right that it's OK to trample on the heads of other people. The thing to > > watch out for is any sign of harshness in the way a group deals with its > > members or dissenters. That seems to be pretty much diagnostic of the > > disease, and it's a symptom the TMO certainly has. But the underlying cause > > is lack of humility. > > > > These things aren't due to "Demi-Gods" who need to clear up samsaras. It's > > just a plain consequence of how human nature works in groups. Recent > > history, and certainly most the 20th century has been about learning how to > > recognize and deal with this unpleasant facet of human society. It's > > interesting to note that countries that have recently escaped from that > > kind of thing are quicker to recognise it and react against it than > > countries who never really been through it. I.e. the reaction of the Berlin > > audience to Schiffgens or the Spanish courts taking on the legal brains > > behind the Bush policy of arbitrary imprisonment and torture. Or even more > > mildly, Goran (from ex-Yugoslavia) taking on John Konhaus. > > > > Any group with a devoted following of people who believe their cause is > > right and who have a strong leader who will allow no disaggreement will end > > up in trouble. There's no need to use demi-gods to explain things. > > >
