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Thread posts in "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." -- Henry David Thor - Yahoo! Answers:1.
Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-11 20:22:00)
by Kass
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Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-11 20:27:00)
by bigdg198...
THis seems to be a religious quote. At least that is what is sounds like. The difference between heaven and hell. "who is striking at the root" seems to be refering to the Almightly God.
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Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-11 20:29:00)
by LucaPaci...
It means that most of the people who inveigh against evil are being ineffectual as opposed to the rare person who recognizes and attacks the basis of it. Ironically, the many calls for addressing the "root causes" of Islamist terrorism are addressing the branches rather than the root which is fundamentally different from simple material deprivation. Rather it derives from cultural and ...
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Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-11 20:31:00)
by Danie
It's saying that people often react to the effects of evil, mistake, bad government, whatever you can define evil as. However, few people think to actually attack the cause of all these problems. (Think sleeping pills. Most people take them because they can't sleep, but if they figured out why they couldn't sleep in the first place and fixed that, then they wouldn't need the pills)
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