Deposing Dictators

[Robin Becker]

In article <slrn9m111q.e6f.Gareth.McCaughan at g.local>, Gareth McCaughan
<Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com> writes
....
>More: to be benevolent is to *try* to act in a way
>consistent with the person's best interests[1], even
>if in fact you're wrong. So even if Guido is as
>horribly wrong as some people here say he is about
>what their best interests are, that's no reason to
>think he isn't benevolent.
...
We all know lightning is God's way of telling us to shut up. Of course
God is benevolent no matter how appalling the universe gets. The
opposite of benevolent is malevolent. When our quick-sorts go wrong it
will be as a result of a benevolent act by a caring designer.
-- 
Robin Becker