08-21-2003, 08:46 PM
He was willing to risk his life for his cause, and I don't doubt that he understood the risks involved in social activism. If J Edgar Hoover, pre Miranda, has it in for you, your life could be at risk.
That is a very different approach to change, as it allows dialogue to stay open, even if matters of principle take a great deal of time to resolve, than dying for a cause because one is either impatient with the pace of change, have no faith that change will come, or, and this is what I think is going on here, are unwilling to accept and live in a changed world. That last point strikes me as a key element of the psychology of "Victory or Death" in the contemporary sense.
That is a very different approach to change, as it allows dialogue to stay open, even if matters of principle take a great deal of time to resolve, than dying for a cause because one is either impatient with the pace of change, have no faith that change will come, or, and this is what I think is going on here, are unwilling to accept and live in a changed world. That last point strikes me as a key element of the psychology of "Victory or Death" in the contemporary sense.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete