ARCHIVES: OPINIONISTA: A pacifist picks a side in a war…
It’s one thing to have principles, it is yet another to stick to those principles. Fully aware of the complexities of life, I sometimesfrom a situation, as if things were in simple black or white terms. There are some things not worth arguing over and some people may at some point have inspired you, but their presence has become revolting… So you throw principles out the window, and you walk away.
The first was to always treat people as ends in themselves, and never as a means to an end. I’m not sure I always got that right. The other was opposition to war. I became a pacifist. If it weren’t for my love of meat I’m convinced I would have become a Jain , but that’s an entirely different story.
Just by the way, when I listen to Putin, or when I read his statements and wild claims about Russia, I am always reminded of the way Richard Wagner was praised for his faith in the “German spirit” that was so apparent in hisThough Wagner was not the origin of Hitler’s vile regime, his music helped to shape Hitler and Germany’s destiny.
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