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A dialectical view of violence.

Jackson May 27, 2022 at 22:45 1925 views 7 comments
The US killed 750,000 innocent Iraqis in Bush's war. All we got was an, oops.
The nation wrings its hands over gun deaths.

By dialectic I mean the violence you perform on others will be done to you.

Comments (7)

Agent Smith June 23, 2022 at 17:20 #711646
We must learn to distinguish betwixt Erinyes and Justitia and all will be well. Easier said than done, easier said than done!
Jackson June 23, 2022 at 17:37 #711655
Quoting Agent Smith
We must learn to distinguish betwixt Erinyes and Justitia and all will be well. Easier said than done, easier said than done!


Why is that distinction important? Especially in relation to what I said.
Streetlight June 23, 2022 at 17:53 #711662
The US conducted a protracted global holocaust in the wake of 9/11. There is no chance that that mindless murder does not work its way back in the form of children shooting other children in the face in school, en masse, among other things.
Joshs June 23, 2022 at 18:08 #711665
Reply to Streetlight Quoting Streetlight
The US conducted a protracted global holocaust in the wake of 9/11. There is no chance that that mindless murder does not work its way back in the form of children shooting other children in the face in school, en masse, among other things.


It can just as well work it’s way forward.
unenlightened June 23, 2022 at 18:21 #711670
Quoting Jackson
the violence you perform on others will be done to you.


How does this work for multiple murderers, for example? On the face of it, there is bound to be a discrepancy. You know, you drop a bomb on Hiroshima, and have to die a few thousand deaths...
180 Proof June 23, 2022 at 18:28 #711671
Empire, born of genocide slavery & apartheid, breeds foreign and domestic terrorism.
[quote=Malcolm X, from 12-1-63 press conference (re: JFK assassination)]President Kennedy never foresaw that the chickens would come home to roost so soon... Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they always made me glad.[/quote]
Jackson June 23, 2022 at 18:45 #711675
Quoting Streetlight
The US conducted a protracted global holocaust in the wake of 9/11. There is no chance that that mindless murder does not work its way back in the form of children shooting other children in the face in school, en masse, among other things.


That is what I think, yes.