“I say I’m a pacifist because I am a violent son of a bitch. I’m a Texan. I can feel it in every bone I’ve got. And I hate the language of pacifism because it’s too passive. But by avowing it, I create expectations in others that hopefully will help me live faithfully to what is true.”
I feel my own version of it. It's like a vampire's hunger. I can usually find benevolent satiety, but Karl Popper's 'intolerance paradox' brings me back to lusting.
“That seeks for fuel my hatred”
I will remember that line a long time
Word my brother...
"...my were clinched in fists of rage..." - Don McLean
“I say I’m a pacifist because I am a violent son of a bitch. I’m a Texan. I can feel it in every bone I’ve got. And I hate the language of pacifism because it’s too passive. But by avowing it, I create expectations in others that hopefully will help me live faithfully to what is true.”
― Stanley Hauerwas
I feel my own version of it. It's like a vampire's hunger. I can usually find benevolent satiety, but Karl Popper's 'intolerance paradox' brings me back to lusting.
Thanks for writing.