[MD] Barbarian attack

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt to Robert W.]
I wish we could avoid conflicts by shouting "tolerance" to those dedicated 
to our destruction. But just as pleas for compassion failed to deter the 
attack of 9/11, I know of no words that will stop the forces of evil.

[Arlo]
That's right. We must do more than just shout for tolerance. We must earn 
it. If actions do not match the request, "tolerance" will likely not ensue. 
Not from them towards us, and not from us towards them. Conflict is always 
the result of injustice and fear, real or perceived. One can not do 
injustice, and expect to be tolerated in return. And when one is accused of 
an injustice, one must be able to either demonstrate how the accusation is 
in err, or admit to culpability. This is, by the way, a condemnation of 
both "sides" in the present situation. We, for example, can not supply arms 
to Iranians and Iraqis so that they would kill each other, or drop napalm 
on civilian streets, and then expect "tolerance" in return. And they, for 
example, can not burn down foreign embassies, or call for assassinations, 
and expect "tolerance" in return. But this hypocrisy is typical of 
right-wing fanaticism, where "we" are "always justified", and "they" are 
"always unjustified". And again, that's a condemnation of both sides, not 
just us, and not just them. Both.

This is not a war of society versus biology. This is a pissing match 
between right-wing fanatics who refuse to do anything more than posture 
their Righteousness.

Arlo