I'm sorry you've been missing from LJ for the past 4 years, but happy to see you again, especially if this piece is the reason you posted again.
My favorite bit:
evolution is a difficult proposition, just as “thou shalt not kill” is a difficult admonition to follow - especially when others want what you have and have no moral barriers to its acquisition. it is harder to reason than to kill, it is harder to compromise than to kill, it is harder to exercise empathy than to kill, it is harder to persuade, to forgive, to make a fearless moral inventory of our own wrongs, and to leave others to do the same and see the error of their own ways, than to kill.
Thank you for a very thorough and thought-provoking read. Beautifully articulated.
thank you for writing this! You've put to words one of my unarticulated problems with the whole gun debate, as tempting as the argument that you have the right to defend yourself from unseen evil can be.
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I'm sorry you've been missing from LJ for the past 4 years, but happy to see you again, especially if this piece is the reason you posted again.
My favorite bit:
evolution is a difficult proposition, just as “thou shalt not kill” is a difficult admonition to follow - especially when others want what you have and have no moral barriers to its acquisition. it is harder to reason than to kill, it is harder to compromise than to kill, it is harder to exercise empathy than to kill, it is harder to persuade, to forgive, to make a fearless moral inventory of our own wrongs, and to leave others to do the same and see the error of their own ways, than to kill.
Thank you for a very thorough and thought-provoking read. Beautifully articulated.
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It's good to see you on LJ again.
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