From: ibshambat@gmail.com   
      
   The mistake I’ve seen many on the Left make again and again – and one   
   I’ve made myself – is that of mistaking the value for the misuses of the   
   value.   
      
   That wrong things get done for beauty does not mean that beauty is bad. That   
   wrong things get done for family does not mean that family is bad. That wrong   
   things get done for money does not mean that money is bad. That wrong things   
   get done for society    
   does not mean that society is bad. And that wrong things get done for Western   
   Civilization does not mean that Western Civilization is bad.   
      
   All of the above can, and should, be done better.   
      
   So we have some conservatives claiming that the liberals are evil. They are   
   not evil; they are confused. They are mistaken; however they are mistaken   
   sincerely. Once again, they confuse the value for the misuses of the value.   
      
   When tele-evangelists lie, that discredits Christianity. When police commit   
   brutality, that discredits the law. When men rape their children and beat   
   their wives, that discredits family. The people who turn against such things   
   don’t do it because they    
   are evil. They turn against such things because they see abuses being   
   committed in their names. The abuse tarnishes the value by association.   
      
   The solution is therefore to clear up this confusion. Wrong things can be done   
   for anything, whether or not it is good or bad. People will have families,   
   people will form societies and people will want to make money. This is a human   
   reality that must be    
   faced. It is not faced by doing away with such things. It is faced by doing   
   such things in a wise and intelligent manner that makes wisdom and   
   intelligence relevant to the affairs of the world and thus improves the world.    
      
   Ilya Shambat   
   https://sites.google.com/site/ilyashambatthought   
      
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