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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-11 12:21 PM
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2. Whenever people encounter apparently unstoppable evil, they create superstitions around it. So?
It's normal human behavior. They know perfectly well they are being harmed, they know they have no direct power to stop it whatsoever. If we were all Spocks or robots, we might organize and outlaw nuclear power, but humans are rarely that sensible.
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