There's a danger when you attribute evil motives to all opponents.
A villain story helps us justify any negative action we take toward the other by attributing evil or malicious motives to them.
It is still politically correct to attribute evil to slithering monsters from other galaxies.
It is also presumed that human beings are free and responsible (on pain of attributing evil in the world to God alone, and so impugning His perfect goodness).
It is forbidden in Islam to attribute evil acts to God. 20.
A translated 24-point summary of the letter includes the following: "It is forbidden in Islam to torture"; "It is forbidden in Islam to attribute evil acts to God"; and "It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslims until he (or she) openly declares disbelief".
The ancient Hebrews attributed all evil events to God until they encountered the Persians.
Lala Baldé, president of a women's association in Medina Cherif, a village in Senegal, told Mackie in 1998 that when girls fell ill or died, it was attributed to evil spirits.
It's easy and soothing for a drama to attribute the evil in its world to the corruption or immorality of an individual - that's exactly what most crime dramas do - but State of Play resists easy, and ultimately wrong, targets.
There was no victimism, none of the usual attributing all evil to one enemy, but no fear of barricades either.
