Deposing Dictators

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On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:12:55 +0100, Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>In article <slrn9m111q.e6f.Gareth.McCaughan at g.local>, Gareth McCaughan
><Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com> writes
>....
>>More: to be benevolent is to *try* to act in a way
>>consistent with the person's best interests[1], even
>>if in fact you're wrong. So even if Guido is as
>>horribly wrong as some people here say he is about
>>what their best interests are, that's no reason to
>>think he isn't benevolent.
>...
>We all know lightning is God's way of telling us to shut up. Of course
>God is benevolent no matter how appalling the universe gets. The
>opposite of benevolent is malevolent. When our quick-sorts go wrong it
>will be as a result of a benevolent act by a caring designer.

Why is it, whenever someone believes that they know what is the best and only
"truly right" way for the rest of us, they invoke the name of their favorite
creator? Is it perhaps because they do not actually have anything to contribute,
but feel that they must be heard anyhow?