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[darren_stranger]

"Atrocity is recognised as such by victim and perpetrator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself - a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred."

Frank Herbert, 'Children of Dune'.

Comments

[greylock.livejournal.com]

I really need to read the Dune books again.
I had no idea there was such insight in them.

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

With the amount of time spent philosophising in those books, a few nails are bound to be well hit.

[hasimir.livejournal.com]

"God created Aruckus to irritate humanity."

Ellis Weiner, National Lampoon's Doon

No need to convince me on the rest of the Dune series. :)

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the first book (only seen the movie, and its painful Director's Cut) but i'm enjoying the sequels.

[hasimir.livejournal.com]

I have at least two or three copies of the original floating around here somewhere if you want to rectify that situation? Then you'll get to see which character I identify with so closely (except for the whole killing people thing).

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

I'd take you up on it, but my book reading time is about to be reduced to near zero shortly, so i may have to pass for the mo'.

But thanks. :)

(Oh, and i will get that cd to you one o'these days).

[hasimir.livejournal.com]

Entirely understandable. I wish I could get paid to read all day ...

[ltempt.livejournal.com]

"Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred." - does that that whoever commits atrocity is only partly responsible for that atrocity but may be responsible for a part of the next atrocity?

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

Depends whether you believe that responsibility shared is responsibility lessened.