Lance Mannion: (People are) No damn good

[carpe diem]

People are no damn good. That sounds a little harsh. Let me put it another way. People stink and they are stupid.
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Pretty much this.  That when faced with any moral or ethical choice, people will almost always do what they want to do instead of what they know they should do.  If doing the wrong thing will make them feel better than doing the right thing, they will do the wrong thing, and, proving just how rotten they are, will insist to the world, swear on a stack of Bibles, go into court or on TV or before Congress to declare that they in fact acted entirely from principle, that they did the right thing regardless of how it looks to you or the family of the bloody corpse they left on the floor.
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They can't understand why the Republicans want to change things in DC in way that will come back to haunt them when the day finally comes when the Democrats are back in power.   It seems foolish.  It makes no sense, unless they know that the Democrats will never be back in power.
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These are not even particularly bright stupid people.  They are for the most part thieves and thugs.  They are, an amazing number of them, seriously, seriously sexually screwed-up, which makes them neurotic, paranoid, angry, and constantly on the brink of being swallowed up whole by their own weird impulses and repressed desires.  (See Jim West.)  The thugs and thieves among them are not only stupid, they are arrogant.   They don't believe they will ever get caught.  They think that the way things are going is the way they will always go.
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It's really worth reading in it's entirety....

http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_mannion/2005/05/no_damn_good.html

[Bluebear]

1. It's a great essay, thanks for the link! nt

[LeahD]

2. Now that was good! n/t