CONFRONTING EVIL
In history, few people are considered as evil as Adolf Hitler. In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler stated, "The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad. The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them a more easy prey to a big lie than a small one, for they themselves often tell little lies but would be ashamed to tell a big one."
His psychotic behavior led to the deaths of tens of millions. Of course, if anyone had read Mein Kampf, his autobiography written in 1925, they would have known that this was a man who believed in lying to achieve his ends. Historians believe that when Hitler first started his aggressive behavior, a defiant response from England and France would have quickly led to his removal by the German military. The war could have been avoided if people understood that his assurances that he didn't want a war were simply lies and stopped him before he could lead the world to the disaster of World War II.
Instead, when confronted with the clear evidence about an earlier lie, Hitler would say something like, "Yes, I was lying then but I am not lying now." Why did most of the leaders of England and France believe him?
One of mankind's biggest problems is that most of us can't understand evil and evil behavior and almost none of us really want to confront the nightmare that is evil. This is what Hitler counted on. This is what Purdue and some of the other drug companies are counting on now. The idea that anyone would knowingly market drugs that ruin the health of people or even take their lives, all in the name of profit, is just too evil for most of us to confront.
PURDUE-AN ADMITTED LIAR AND CRIMINAL COMPANY
Purdue Pharma manufactures and distributes OxyContin. Purdue is the same company whose top three executives pled guilty to lying about the addictive qualities of OxyContin in 2007. Doctors accepted this false information and began widely prescribing Purdue's form of legal heroin because "it was less addictive" than other similar drugs and told patients it was not really addictive. Purdue was making lots of money--even though many were harmed by their deliberate false statements. Pure evil? Yes.
As we discussed in our newsletter, Different Justice For A Drug Dealer, the U.S. Attorney allowed Purdue Pharma to not plead guilty to a felony. Had they been forced to plead guilty, OxyContin would have been off the market and thousands of lives would have been saved.
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