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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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8.5.04

Reverse the polarity. Start with Abu Ghraib. Then go to the WTC.
Run backwards it's more sensible... Ok.
Then imagine that there's more. So much more it would make it hard to go to work on Monday, to send the kids to schools that taught them to say no to drugs and yes to men who torture.
Imagine that what those nuns and priests and hippies have been saying for decades is true and has been true all along. Atrocity after atrocity for oil and power and delusions of God's special grace.
And imagine that the WTC is a response to Abu Ghraib.
Imagine it comes after. Imagine men and women driven crazy by the evil you can glimpse, and only glimpse, in those pictures. Imagine your sons when they're in their 20's crazy with that kind of nightmare.

You can divide the human world into grades of evil and good. But you can't stop once you start.

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