There is something i learned early on — in my twenties — from having discovered Albert Camus and The Plague, that has remained more or less intact after a long life lived — that it is usually hard to understand what is going on in the world around you when strife is upon the land, but at the very least one should try not to be on the side of the executioners.
Suppose you walk into a mall with your daughter by your side and for no immediately apparent reason someone shoots her and she dies in your arms — what do you do? What is the most appropriate response?
I don’t think there are many, given even a moment to consider, who would include taking an automatic weapon and shooting everyone in the mall.
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