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Thank you for your essay. When if ever is it wholesome virtuous and wise to harm or even kill another in order to prevent minimize or somehow address the ongoing harm and even killing by that other of another?
A beautifully worded, recent expression of view #5 is this poem by Rabbi Irwin Keller. Written on 17th October, 2023.
TAKING SIDES
Today I am taking sides.
I am taking the side of Peace.
Peace, which I will not abandon
even when its voice is drowned out
by hurt and hatred,
bitterness of loss,
cries of right and wrong.
I am taking the side of Peace
whose name has barely been spoken
in this winnerless war.
I will hold Peace in my arms,
and share my body’s breath,
lest Peace be added
to the body count.
I will call for de-escalation
even when I want nothing more
than to get even.
I will do it
in the service of Peace.
I will make a clearing
in the overgrown
thicket of cause and effect
so Peace can breathe
for a minute
and reach for the sky.
I will do what I must
to save the life of Peace.
I will breathe through tears.
I will swallow pride.
I will bite my tongue.
I will offer love
without testing for deservingness.
So don’t ask me to wave a flag today
unless it is the flag of Peace.
Don’t ask me to sing an anthem
unless it is a song of Peace.
Don’t ask me to take sides
unless it is the side of Peace.
Thank you for this article. Identifying with anything limits the ability to be truly free.
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your question. Give me a few common examples of wholesome, virtuous and wise
action linked to harming and killling. best wishes, Christopher
Thank you for your essay. When if ever is it wholesome virtuous and wise to harm or even kill another in order to prevent minimize or somehow address the ongoing harm and even killing by that other of another?
A beautifully worded, recent expression of view #5 is this poem by Rabbi Irwin Keller. Written on 17th October, 2023.
TAKING SIDES
Today I am taking sides.
I am taking the side of Peace.
Peace, which I will not abandon
even when its voice is drowned out
by hurt and hatred,
bitterness of loss,
cries of right and wrong.
I am taking the side of Peace
whose name has barely been spoken
in this winnerless war.
I will hold Peace in my arms,
and share my body’s breath,
lest Peace be added
to the body count.
I will call for de-escalation
even when I want nothing more
than to get even.
I will do it
in the service of Peace.
I will make a clearing
in the overgrown
thicket of cause and effect
so Peace can breathe
for a minute
and reach for the sky.
I will do what I must
to save the life of Peace.
I will breathe through tears.
I will swallow pride.
I will bite my tongue.
I will offer love
without testing for deservingness.
So don’t ask me to wave a flag today
unless it is the flag of Peace.
Don’t ask me to sing an anthem
unless it is a song of Peace.
Don’t ask me to take sides
unless it is the side of Peace.
Thank you for this article. Identifying with anything limits the ability to be truly free.
Dear Andrew
Thank you for your question. Give me a few common examples of wholesome, virtuous and wise
action linked to harming and killling. best wishes, Christopher