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Compassion requires more courage than war : Comments
By Katharina Weiss, published 14/8/2006It is time to see the world through the eyes of compassion, rather than those of fear and economic greed.
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That's fine if you're a cockroach. Act in character. Be a good cockroach. Nothing wrong with that. Cockroaches are fine and noble creatures - survivors. What are humans, but cockroaches in a different guise.
Scuttle into the light, then duck into the shadows again. Trust no-one. Look for clues, the colour, the accent, the gesture, the ancestry. Avoid foreigners - only cockroaches need apply. Danger, danger. Scuttle, scuttle. Survival is paramount.
When contemplating all of these things, Charles Darwin pondered upon the reason for the development of the human brain. He surmised that we may be a break with the old Arcane rules of evolution. A truly new creature. A turning point. A wholly new paradigm.
How disappointing, Leigh.