It's a lot to think about. It's a lot to feel. It's clear that the idea of victimization is still part of the national identity in the country of my birth. I have to explore myself to decide if independence is remotely possible for any human being defined by the past. Trauma leaves us hyper- vigilant. That is the furthest thing there is from independence. It is a river that carries us ever farther away from peace... within ourselves or among one another. In that wilderness savagery rules us and we become far less than simply oppressed. We devolve to instinct. In a very sad sense, we cannot be moral there. Maybe that is why we go... to relieve ourselves of our obligations, to be Cain so we can kill Able and say we had no choice...
It's a lot to think about. It's a lot to feel. It's clear that the idea of victimization is still part of the national identity in the country of my birth. I have to explore myself to decide if independence is remotely possible for any human being defined by the past. Trauma leaves us hyper- vigilant. That is the furthest thing there is from independence. It is a river that carries us ever farther away from peace... within ourselves or among one another. In that wilderness savagery rules us and we become far less than simply oppressed. We devolve to instinct. In a very sad sense, we cannot be moral there. Maybe that is why we go... to relieve ourselves of our obligations, to be Cain so we can kill Able and say we had no choice...