henry quirk wrote: ↑Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:05 pm
"we must find the ultimate and proximate root cause that triggered the man to commit evil acts."
But you have that 'ultimate and proximate root cause': the man himself.
It's not the gun, it's the shooter.
It's not the booze, it's the drinker.
It's not the religion, it's the religionist.
The evil doesn't reside in the words, but in the man reading the words.
You don't seen to get to what is proximate and ultimate root causes.
Example,
in the case of food poisoning, it is not the food, its the cook.
In this common case, the cook is not the proximate nor the ultimate cause.
The ultimate cause is the presence of bacteria.
The cook's negligence, omission or oversight are secondary.
The evil doesn't reside in the words, but in the man reading the words.
Yes, words are words and they are inactive, but,
surely you understand the concept of meme and ideologies that trigger people to commit evil acts.
Note the phrase 'The pen is mightier than the sword'.
The point is both the 'man' and the 'words' [meanings and meme they carry] are critical in contributing to evil acts.
"one of the ultimate blame [the proximate root cause] is the evil ideology [from whatever source] that triggered these unfortunate evil prone people to commit the evil acts."
No, the ultimate blame rests solely with the person: he or she 'chooses', he or she acts based on that choice.
You are short of certain knowledge re human psychology in this case.
Human actions are primarily driven by the sub-conscious mind which has a 90% control over the person's mind.
In many cases a person may be conscious s/he acts on a conscious choice based on freewill but s/he could have been deceived by subliminal stimuli.
Subliminal stimuli (/sʌbˈlɪmɪnəl/) (the prefix sup- literally "below, or less than", while the prefix sub- literally "up to"),[1] contrary to supraliminal stimuli or "above threshold", are any sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception.[2] A recent review of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies shows that subliminal stimuli activate specific regions of the brain despite participants being unaware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli
Ideologies can influence people to act. If the ideology is evil, then the person could be driven to commit evil acts.
"(Evil-laden) material should not be openly accessible to those who are naturally vulnerable to be influenced and inspired by such evil materials to commit evil acts."
Do you have a reliable means of pinpointing such folks? I don't. And without a reliable means of identifying the 'naturally vulnerable' you only have two options: leave any- and every-thing on the table, or, impose restrictions on any- and every-thing (and I mean ANY- and EVERY-thing, cuz you'll never know might be corrosive to some one's thinkin'. As I say, I'm no fan of Marx. I think his work is horribly corrosive, and has directly [and indirectly] resulted in a whole lot of death and misery).
I have provided evidence in the OP.
Studies have shown, certain brain pattern and behaviors in people correlate with their potential to commit evil acts.
"Would you allow your children 3-10 or 15 to be exposed to the most violent, evil and sadistic materials available?"
That's a decision I make for mine; Stan, down the street, might decide differently for his. I may not like how he raises his kid, he may not like how I raise mine. We both need to mind our own businesses (till circumstance requires invoking 'or else').
You have not answer the question, do you? Yes or No?
I agree we should mind our own business but that is only confined to certain acts but not when the actions of one's neighbors or others has a significant potential impact on our well being and that of humanity's.
If the neighbors on both side of your terrace house use their garden as their toilet would you let them mind their own businesses? This is an obvious example but you need to understand evil acts that effect society will somehow effect you and everybody as well.
"There is a NATURAL percentile [~20%] of Chimpanzee-Joes within a religion who will obey their master God to do whatever is commanded [including evil commands]. This is very real and glaringly evident, i.e."
Sure, absolutely: so what?
Look at it this way: you want a measure of 'safety'. This is fine. Thing is: the safer a body is, the less free it is. There's no way around that. Every insulating layer between you and 'evil' is not only a restriction on 'it' but on 'you'. Me: I skew the other way. I want to maximize my autonomy. Fundamentally, this means no insulating layers between me and 'evil'.
You may be as selfish as much as possible and couldn't care less with what is going on elsewhere.
But that is a very naive way of thinking.
You can never know, given what had been going on at present, you could be bombed while walking down a street, in a cinema, supermarket, tourist location, etc.
Now, here's the kicker, Veritas: I'm certain right down to my bones that the protective restrictions you crave are 'evil'. Hobblin' autonomy always is.
What protective restrictions?
My objective is to tackle the source of evil [internal and external] at their source.
We should made concerted efforts to suppress evil ideologies [short term] and train people to be mindful of their evil impulses [long term].
This should not be merely talk [like what we are doing here] but should entail extensive research and actions.