Absence... is a revolutionary idea Indeed. For one thing, if it were true, then everyone who's ever been convicted of a crime and punished has been the victim

Absence... is a revolutionary idea Indeed. For one thing, if it were true, then everyone who's ever been convicted of a crime and punished has been the victim of a complete fantasy ... imposed on them and us by fate. Stereotypes, biases, hate crimes, going to war or not, building the pyramids or not, painting the Mona Lisa, creating a symphony ... picking this flower or not, falling in love or not, discarding a cigarette butt on the beach ... all equally driven by immutable, unstoppable fate? That's not happy.