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Originally Posted by takkaria  Sure, conscious people will already understand the nature of evil, but using the term "darkwork" means that less-than-conscious people (i.e. the vast majority of us) will not just be able to dismiss the concept out-of-hand.
The words themselves challenge our perceptions. I think the entire post could have been condensed to that last sentence. |
Fair point, although I doubt the effectiveness of this method.
So I might say to someone, "Here I have an Orange. It is red, has a thin edible skin, has seeds in the middle, and grows on an Apple tree. It tastes like an Apple and when you juice it it makes Apple juice. But it's an Orange and
not an Apple. Throw away your preconceived notions about Apples, because this is an Orange."
Is that gonna work? I doubt it.
However!
It seems that darkwork is fundamentally different from pure selfishness, or at least some people are saying that. I'm not totally sure on Steve's official line at the moment actually, although I'm hoping to find a definitive answer in
this thread.
So in that case it
is really important to use a new word since it isn't the same thing. Although I'm still not sure that it's actually different
I'll have to wait and see.