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Houseboy · 21-08-2012, 08:02

Well said both of you. You are quite probably right. I'm not entirely convinced that no-one sets out to be corrupt though. I think most people have ideals and want to do good but, using an extreme example I admit, do you think Adolf Hitler started off intending to do good? It is quite possible that he originally wanted to make thngs better for the German people but the consequences of his actions need no comment here.
Having said that I may be defeating my own argument as it could be viewed I suppose that Hitler wasn't actually "corrupt" in the way we are discussing. I suppose there is a difference between being corrupt and being, for want oof a better term, evil.

21-08-2012, 08:02	#71
Houseboy Full Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 228 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 3479	Re: Does power corrupt? Well said both of you. You are quite probably right. I'm not entirely convinced that no-one sets out to be corrupt though. I think most people have ideals and want to do good but, using an extreme example I admit, do you think Adolf Hitler started off intending to do good? It is quite possible that he originally wanted to make thngs better for the German people but the consequences of his actions need no comment here. Having said that I may be defeating my own argument as it could be viewed I suppose that Hitler wasn't actually "corrupt" in the way we are discussing. I suppose there is a difference between being corrupt and being, for want oof a better term, evil.