How V got that way (was Future sacrifices?)

[Amy]

No: HPFGUIDX 9877

Scott wrote:

>I think that the person who said "Don't be making excuses..." is
>completely off base.

Interesting post, Scott.  And Allyson, I am very jealous that you have 
an excuse to discuss this book at work.

I'd make a distinction between making excuses and trying to understand 
the origins of someone's character and behavior.  I would like very 
much to know how Hitler came to be the way he was.  IMO he was 
probably born a normal child, with certain tendencies but nothing 
written in stone that *required* him to be one of human history's 
worst and bloodiest haters.  Asking how he ended up that way isn't 
making excuses--there is no possible excuse--it's an attempt to know 
how human spirits are shaped and, one hopes, how to keep from growing 
more haters.

You can still believe in demonic possession or in people being born 
evil, but since I don't I am interested in how V got to be the way he 
is.  "He's just evil" begs the question; it doesn't answer it.  You 
could assign it as an essay topic to your students.

Amy Z

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