I am honestly glad you have been able to have positive interactions with her. The last numerous interactions that I was aware of involving her, with the people in this area, would be classified as slightly to strongly negative (in my opinion.)
I can understand why you do not feel she is evil. On this I disagree, though. I have come to think that all humans have a sliding bar for both good and evil that are separate. Someone can be both very good and very evil, depending on beliefs and the situation. Everyone has moments in which there lies the potential of evil, as well as moments in which lies the potential of good. At least where I have been available to observe, she has displayed consistent attitude and actions that represented a moderate to high amount of evil and a minor to moderate amount of good. Where we (collective of all involved in TN) have been involved, she has tended to both over-ride authority and actively encourage negative attitudes and actions from the kids. The perceived attitude that I have gotten regarding her has been "Own first, Control second, Destroy third."
As far as being a demon, or being inhuman, I think that might be a difference in terms. FTR, though, I do not think of her as inhuman - she is just as human as everyone else. Omimouse pointed out that both myself and her tend to ot use the term 'evil' to automatically dehumanize. Experience has taught me that this is not the norm. A lot of people will start with this as a way of making it easier to hate. Not the direction we are looking to go. I do not like K, but this is due to the way she has treated myself and those that I cared about in her presence.
I am not trying to rant, offend, or ramble; just to explain. While I was not (by any means) the most intimately involved with this situation, I was involved. I figured I would share my 2.44 cents worth. (Inflation drove it up from $0.02)
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My change in the pot
Date: 2006-03-10 07:05 pm (UTC)I am honestly glad you have been able to have positive interactions with her. The last numerous interactions that I was aware of involving her, with the people in this area, would be classified as slightly to strongly negative (in my opinion.)
I can understand why you do not feel she is evil. On this I disagree, though. I have come to think that all humans have a sliding bar for both good and evil that are separate. Someone can be both very good and very evil, depending on beliefs and the situation. Everyone has moments in which there lies the potential of evil, as well as moments in which lies the potential of good. At least where I have been available to observe, she has displayed consistent attitude and actions that represented a moderate to high amount of evil and a minor to moderate amount of good. Where we (collective of all involved in TN) have been involved, she has tended to both over-ride authority and actively encourage negative attitudes and actions from the kids. The perceived attitude that I have gotten regarding her has been "Own first, Control second, Destroy third."
As far as being a demon, or being inhuman, I think that might be a difference in terms. FTR, though, I do not think of her as inhuman - she is just as human as everyone else. Omimouse pointed out that both myself and her tend to ot use the term 'evil' to automatically dehumanize. Experience has taught me that this is not the norm. A lot of people will start with this as a way of making it easier to hate. Not the direction we are looking to go. I do not like K, but this is due to the way she has treated myself and those that I cared about in her presence.
I am not trying to rant, offend, or ramble; just to explain. While I was not (by any means) the most intimately involved with this situation, I was involved. I figured I would share my 2.44 cents worth. (Inflation drove it up from $0.02)