Violence, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once observed, finds refuge in falsehood, even as falsehood is supported by violence. "Anyone who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle." (Solzhenitsyn's 1972 Nobel Prize acceptance speech) A practical rule can be deduced. Where there is violence, look for falsehood; where there is falsehood, look for violence. If Solzhenitsyn is correct, they go together. — George Hunsinger
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Most of us want to be safe. We want to find a cocoon, a spiritually, psychologically, economically, and physically gated community in which to live without danger and disturbance. The care-free life, … — R.R. Reno