To Slaman on being condescending

Submitted by Plato (United Arab Emirates), Jan 13, 2007 at 02:37

In a previous post you said that I thought I think highly of myself, here you say I am condescending. All for repeating a conundrum that has been in existence for thousands of years. Okay, let us agree to all that you say.

So what would you say of a person who keeps heaping praise on himself, thinks whatever action he takes is justified, however cruel it seems to other beings. Who considers himself the most merciful when he threatens the most merciless punishment for even thinking that there could be others like him. Who considers himself the Most Beneficent when with all his powers he refuses to mitigate the pain and suffering of innocents. What adjectives would you use to describe such a person?

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