We call things evil when we do not understand, or when we want to invoke fear in others. I am sick of hearing President Bush and others talking about the evildoers of the world. He most often refers to terrorists, but it is important in the fight against terrorism to know that terrorists are not evil.
It is easy to call them evil because many of the acts they perform are terrible when viewed through our eyes. Most terrorists do not believe what they are doing is wrong because they are a product of their environment. Many people don't realize how different we would be if we lived in different circumstances. Look at this website about the Stanford prison experiment.
"Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended
prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress".
We need to communicate to people that express hate towards Americans and others in order to find common ground. We also need to educate Americans about human behavior so they can understand why other people are different that they are. It does not help when our leaders and media speak of evil.
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