What Would It Take To Go To War?
One of the problems of being cognoscente of history and of the world around us is that leads to self questioning. What would I have done? What would I do? They are questions that can be postulated but never really answered. The truth lies only in the resolution of the moment as it confronts you, nothing more, nothing less. Of course there are the radical questions of true moral sincerity. For instance if you lived in Germany during the war would you have sheltered a Jewish friend? What if the decision came at risk to you and the lives of your family? I like to think that I would have helped but only the moment could have really shed light on the true answer. It is always easy to find reasons and make excuses for not doing something. The people I truly admire are the ones that don't. The ones that have convictions so strong they set aside the implications on their own lives. I know a woman who gave up a life in America based on her political convictions during the Rea