PRIMROSE
Having never led a posse, I cannot say
for sure how easily men handle orders and
destruction. I read the storybooks that tell
of these things, and wonder what to believe.
All those crusades and vexatious, murderous
raids, the marbling of villages and people, the
pure oaf of Death which carnage brings. All
men have done these things? Arendt said it
all was banal - just insipid drones following
their orders. Perhaps, but not so. For each man
arises, anew, each day - and has the power
to reconsider his life and way. Once that
opportunity has passed, perhaps then the
culpability begins - but not before the
conscious willing of what is being done.
Slam that door, once more, before
the flies come in.
Having never led a posse, I cannot say
for sure how easily men handle orders and
destruction. I read the storybooks that tell
of these things, and wonder what to believe.
All those crusades and vexatious, murderous
raids, the marbling of villages and people, the
pure oaf of Death which carnage brings. All
men have done these things? Arendt said it
all was banal - just insipid drones following
their orders. Perhaps, but not so. For each man
arises, anew, each day - and has the power
to reconsider his life and way. Once that
opportunity has passed, perhaps then the
culpability begins - but not before the
conscious willing of what is being done.
Slam that door, once more, before
the flies come in.
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