Discussion 3: Violence and Suffering
So I’m not really against violence. Sorry.
I’m not advocating acts of violence. Well, unless by ‘advocating’ you take the all-too-common view that you are arguing in favor of something simply by discussing it. We’re a little too likely to equate interest and understanding of a subject with a personal approval of that subject. That’s bad news for all the scholars who study the Third Reich, or cancer, or anything broadly considered to be unpleasant.
And I’m definitely not in favor of causing suffering. In fact, I think that dedication oneself to the alleviation and prevention of suffering is possibly the single noblest thing that anyone can do with their lives.
But there is a serious danger in aligning yourself against ‘violence’, against the passionate motivating vitality that seeks to change the world more to their liking through an exertion of force. We have praised the creation side of creation versus destruction that we have nearly convinced ourselves that we can get away with only creating. And guess what? We’ve created a bit too much. We’re running out of room for all the crap that we’ve created. A little extra destruction should be understood and supported — you just have to consider the details, and be careful about how much you enjoy it.
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