I am thinking about this day, this moment, when wars and rumors and rumors of wars are a
fever pitch, and whether south of us or east, the conditions seem likely that a large
scale war is imminent. On this subject, this great tragedy of/for humanity, is
another subject of Voltaire, his words, opinions. He writes:
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Yes, war is large scale, mass murder; not just of human
life but also of the meaning and matter of words (so-called "news"), reports and
the other sorted media used to condition a society for/to war—the make them
believe it is right, if just necessary and even justified.
He writes more:
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
How true, this statement; for how else will considerate,
law-abiding citizens support and even engage in war but convinced and
certain that they are on "the right side".
Yes, the war, impending or in process, must be right, righteous and
justified.
At best, the reservations and regrets (or war) are
held only after the event(s), conflict and carnage, when the smoke clears and
they who remain standing (may) regain their wits long enough to take a sobering
and somber view and to then possibly admit, if just to themselves,
“This was (is) not right.”
Can
such a sobering and somber view lend more; some wisdom that reaffirms the
futility of war, the false and fraudulent words of those who benefit from war
while many suffer and sacrifice? Since Voltaire declares,
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times,
Should one accept words, news and reports, truth or not,
then they either simply do not care—or have no skin in the game—or prefer to be
led as slaves to a maniacal master.
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