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If I choose to impose individual blame for all past social ills, there will be no one left to like in some of the most fascinating periods of our history. For example if I place every Victorian anti-Semite beyond the pale of my attention, my compass of available music and literature will be pitifully small. Though I hold no shred of sympathy for active persecution, I cannot excoriate individuals who acquiesced passively in a standard societal judgment. Rail instead against the judgment, and try to understand what motivates men of decent will. (en) |
