Debating the Confidence Fairy

The economist Paul Krugman calls this the confidence fairy.

The monthly rent was nine pounds (Salem's monthly salary was 18 pounds.

Then you have some people who think of the tooth fairy as a man, or a bunny rabbit or a mouse.

If evil befalls him he is perturbed

Very nervous when touched by misfortune .

when evil visits him , impatient ,

When evil toucheth him , he is bewailing .

Irritable ( discontented ) when evil touches him

Touched by adversity , he is fretful .

bewailing when evil befalls him ,

Fretful when evil befalleth him

anxious when an ill befalls him

When evil comes upon him he is impatient

When evil touches him , impatient ,

When they are afflicted , they complain ,

Being greatly grieved when evil afflicts him

when misfortune touches him he starts lamenting ,

Fretful when evil touches him

Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

A Tribute to Evil

Evil Personified

The Face of Evil

So, my friend is strictly agnostic about the tooth fairy, but it isn't very likely, is it? Like God.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Ending Nuclear Evil

So when you talk about expensive power, the cost per kilowatt hour to supply battery power to something is on the order of two to three hundred pounds.

Now, a friend, an intelligent lapsed Jew, who incidentally observed the Sabbath for reasons of cultural solidarity, describes himself as a tooth fairy agnostic.

Appeasement Revisited

The spread of evil requires lies, because lies form the basis of the worldview that makes evil seem good. But the dependence of big evil on big lies gives us a chance to fight back.

Fairy outside the wall ( 墙外仙 carefully reposted Zhang Xuezhong's opinion to get around censorship on a Sina microblog

Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth.

who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies cut them off in thy truth.

Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked

Evil pursueth sinners but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.