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November 27, 2004
on suffering
as i've been thinking about these issues of priviledge, and now also of thanksgiving, i've been reminded between the last two days of the reality of the ugliness of violence that is part of our world and yet i can't imagine it. maybe i just can't tolerate pain, but there's something sick beyond whatever physical pain too.
the first was hearing from friends who lived with a tribe that holds female circumcision and circumcision of adolescent males as important rituals or rites of passage. the second was being retold of christian peacemaker team worker rachel corrie's death last year in being run over by a bulldozer while protesting in front of the palestinian home that was about to be destroyed. aghhg. oh God, i can't stand to think about it. why on earth or how on earth can this stuff happen? i just can't imagine how we humans can think in a way that violates others in such a way. how have we lost our sensitivity or common sense in being wrapped up in the world's utterly decieved and perverted systems?
Posted by Derrick at November 27, 2004 12:08 AM