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If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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2 comments:
This is an example of beginning with four false premises and finishing with a mathematical certainty.
And if you extend the "logic," it leads to the conclusion that we should just let everyone in, no questions asked, no barriers whatsoever. I suppose there are some people who think that, but I doubt the writer is among them.
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