[Have some page-rustles back, Prefect. And then Una reads from this:]
"We are all guilty of supporting the circumstances, the self-deceptions, the misconceptions, which lead to war. Every lie we tell ourselves makes something like the destruction of Hiroshima all the more likely. Hiroshima has been destroyed in more than one world, by more than one man, over and over again. The circumstances are often different, but the people die just the same, and some men (or women) feel that they carry the whole weight of responsibility. We are all victims, Mr. Bastable, just as, in other ways, we are all aggressors. At root we are victims of the comforting lies we tell ourselves, of our willingness to have leaders, religions, of our wish to shift responsibility onto others, whether it be politicians, Gods or creatures from other planets."
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Date: 2011-03-28 04:54 am (UTC)"We are all guilty of supporting the circumstances, the self-deceptions, the misconceptions, which lead to war. Every lie we tell ourselves makes something like the destruction of Hiroshima all the more likely. Hiroshima has been destroyed in more than one world, by more than one man, over and over again. The circumstances are often different, but the people die just the same, and some men (or women) feel that they carry the whole weight of responsibility. We are all victims, Mr. Bastable, just as, in other ways, we are all aggressors. At root we are victims of the comforting lies we tell ourselves, of our willingness to have leaders, religions, of our wish to shift responsibility onto others, whether it be politicians, Gods or creatures from other planets."