Hi John,
thanx for the response, unfortunately I do not quite understand what you are
trying to say I'm sorry.
i think you are seperating things that I believe should not be seperated.
My problem;
almost nothing can be totally destroyed, something only can be restructured
to a different extent. Where do we draw the line between re- and
destruction? Is there a line?
Could be wrong here, my quick responses have never been my best ones!
Davor
PS: As for Fromm; You think US soldiers were full of lust when bombing
afghanistan? did it have purpose what they did?
>From: "John Beasley" <beasley@austarnet.com.au>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
>Subject: Re: MD Overdoing the Dynamic Monthly Summary
>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 20:57:53 +1000
>
>Hi Davor,
>
>I think we need to separate out two different versions of 'destruction'.
>The
>root meaning of destruction is to "de - structure" or take apart an
>existing
>structure. The Latin meant 'pulling down'. This can be good, bad, or
>neutral. A missile that has gone astray is 'destructed' for everyone's
>safety, for example.
>
>But if we look at human 'destructiveness', we see "malignant aggression,
>that is, cruelty and destructiveness, ... specific to the human species and
>virtually absent in most mammels: it is not phylogenetically programmed and
>not biologically adaptive; it has no purpose, and its satisfaction is
>lustful." Erich Fromm, 'The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness'.
>
>In my view we would be well advised to use the term 'destructiveness' when
>the pathogenic form is meant, and keep 'destruction' as a relatively
>neutral
>term.
>
>Regards
>
>John B
>
>
>
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