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Murder is usually an act of weakness, not courage.
by izaidi 18y ago
Murder is usually an act of weakness, not courage.
- helveticaman 18y agoPlease explain.
- izaidi 18y agoMurder happens when a person lacks the strength needed to resist their rage, and not because that person has the guts to carry out the morally reprehensible. People as bright as Reiser often have pretty persuasive demons.
- ConradHex 18y agoI remember reading that one thing that separates us from other primates is our (relative) mastery of our emotions.
- helveticaman 18y agoAll the morally reprehensible stuff I've done took more balls than just being passive.
- serhei 18y agoDostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment" offers an interesting exploration of this idea.
- ConradHex 18y agoMan, that was a painful book to read. I winced through the whole thing.
- ericb 18y agoI loved it. Was it painful because you didn't enjoy the writing, or because of the murder aspect?
- ConradHex 18y agoThe writing, and plot, was great. But it's not a happy book, is it?
- hernan7 18y agoI used to read Dostoevsky when I was younger; tried to re-read C&P recently and couldn't stand it. Too painful. So the moral would be: read Dostoevsky while you still have the intestinal fortitude of youth.