"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere committing evil deeds, an it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" --Alexander Solzhenitsyn (The Gulag Archipelago)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
If Only...
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Solzhenitsyn, who suffered and survived the Soviet labour camps, sees and feels the world clearer than we. How many "bad" people would we be killing daily around the world, then priding ourselves as the "good" folks (sounds like the present administration in DC, eh?). Powerful visual you added! Thanks, E.
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