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"the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything" This is a strange message, given the rest of the art
by chmod600 5y ago
"the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything"
This is a strange message, given the rest of the article. It could be interpreted to mean we need to make weapons to stop evil people around the world. But I guess the auther wants us to think all people who participate in war (defensive or offensive) are evil and must be stopped.
EDIT: I sincerely don't follow the author's point with that quotation. Can someone elaborate?
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- miriam_catira 5y agoHe's saying, that by saying nothing, doing nothing, to him is the same as approval of the atrocities being committed. I think this quote says it best: Bychkov said: "Silence in the face of evil becomes its accomplice and ends up becoming its equal. ... To remain silent today is to betray our conscience and our values, and ultimately what defines the nobility of human nature." It's not everyone who participates who is evil, rather it's the people who instigate, ie. Putin. It's not even saying that all the Russian people are evil, it's about standing up for them too - those who oppose the war, and are suffering because of it, especially if they can't speak out themselves. The quote is from here. https://www.npr.org/2022/02/28/1083496491/russian-performers-speak-out-putin-ukraine https://www.npr.org/2022/02/28/1083496491/russian-performers...