The first dangerous mistake the average person makes is the assumption
that “evil” is a kind of subjective or “gray” concept. We would love to
believe that all destructive and malicious behavior is merely a product
of bad environment, bad upbringing, or mental psychosis. Deviance in
the name of misguided “profit” or “status” is often more acceptable to
the public; as long as there is a reason we can easily understand and
grasp. What frightens the average American today is not the abhorrent
action of criminality; rather, it is criminality without easily
definable reason. What frightens the common citizen is the possibility
that some people hurt others not because mommy and daddy “mistreated”
them, or because they have a psychological deficiency that clouds their
judgment, but because they fully and consciously ENJOY doing what they
do. Our society is desperate to make excuses for the monsters of our
era, perhaps because we would rather not entertain the possibility that
there is a dark side to humanity as a whole, that if left unchecked,
could take control in a deliberate and calculated way.
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