Archive for April, 2010

The joy of violence

This is a very thoughtful, if jokey, consideration of non-violence from someone who understands violence a lot better than pacifism. Here, she’s exactly right: Pacifism as a concept kind of pisses me off. Still, non-violence intrigues me, not least because of its power to frustrate the violently inclined. The central paradox of terrorism—we will hurt [...]

Posted on April 10, 2010 at 2:47 am by martin · Permalink · 3 Comments
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