Thursday, April 18, 2013

Without context...

...The power of imagination

What happens when we refuse to say “no” to the bully? What happens when we follow the false light, and deny our conscience in the name of playing along? As it is with Raffy’s penchant for humiliation — or the smuggling of baby turtles — so it is with drone strikes, or torture, or polluting the ocean, or incurring harm in the name of profit.

I think drone strikes and the other issues are far too complex to equate them to school bullying. I am afraid the author is unnecessarily broadening her enterprise: inducing guilt when debate is called for.

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