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Monster Forgiveness

Monster Forgiveness

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Oct 21, 2024
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A crazy old German philosopher once warned us, “beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster.” He was joking of course. There are no monsters. Or, rather, there are only monsters on every side of every war. In a war, there are no good guys and bad guys. There is just our side and the other side. Our atrocities and their atro…

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