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And if you constantly feel as though you are “right,” how can you possibly criticize yourself enough to even have a conscience?

These people don't act as they do because they feel they are right. They they rationalize their behavior by telling themselves that the end justifies the means. As I said above, genuine self-esteem confers humility - and a recognition of the worth of others. That's what Islamic terrorists and criminals lack - they loathe their own existence and want to end it and take everyone else with them.

73 posted on 08/13/2007 7:31:30 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)

"They they rationalize their behavior by telling themselves that the end justifies the means. "

In other words, they are "right."

80 posted on 08/13/2007 8:05:59 AM PDT by MizSterious (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)