My impression is that virtually everybody justifies what they do as "good", according to how they see it at the time. That's why the vital thing about people is this: what are their core beliefs about life and about themselves?

It's true too that there are some people who have become convinced that they are "bad" inside, but those are seldom the people who become great oppressors in this world...they are more often the depressed, the delinquent child, the drug addict, the minor lawbreaker, the suicide, the people in a downward spiral of increasing powerlessness and self-destruction.

The people to really watch out for are those in positions of great power who are SURE they are right, dead right, and are willing to kill any number of other people to set the world "right" by their definition. My impression is that Mr Bush is one of those people. Such people are also often quite busy "righting" what they perceive as a great wrong...by whatever ruthless means possible...and their main means of controlling the public is along those same lines. They tell people that they are defending them and righting a wrong.

The real truth is that they are endangering people and committing a great wrong. What they do is the exact opposite of what they say. They are people of the Lie, and they need scapegoats upon whom to focus blame, fear, and hatred.

- LH