A number of years ago, I wrote a post
titled, “Forthwith: A Tale of Fire and the Flammables.” The post, essentially a
parable, substituted fire—and particularly those that supported it-- for “evil.”
The events on and after October 7th have illustrated the point of that piece
all too tragically well. Evil exists. Has always existed. Always will exist,
the better to define evil—and the character of men. This is a Biblical observation.
(We are talking about Israel here.) The real tragedy is how many support
it. Openly and zealously support it. (Those who celebrate the atrocities being
committed against Jews should remember that they aren’t immune. Evil, like
fire, does not discriminate.)
In truth, something evil abhors,
evil may appear generic, amorphous. This is deceptive. At its core, evil is specific,
identifiable—if, in a certain sense, all-encompassing. Good people know it when
they see it. Much like the truth.
And, like the truth, it is never
supposed to be mentioned or acknowledged, according to our progressive elites.
(Unless as regards-- or in conjunction with-- Republicans and white males from
the hinterlands.)
The pre-civilizational butchers of
10/7 slaughtered the innocent, killed children in front of their parents-- and
parents in front of their children. They trafficked in torture and engaged in rape
and necrophilia. And they were followed into Israel by a great many Gaza
civilians, who were keen to join the raping, looting, and pillaging. And yet a
large portion of the global community has sided with the bloodthirsty
aggressors seeking to push the Jews into the sea.
Yes, as with 9/11, what the
monsters did was unspeakably evil, yet we must speak of it…and speak of it as
the heinous evil that it was. There is no other honest way to do so, no way to
parse it otherwise. If we fail to do this, we, too, become like the supporters
of the all-encompassing and destructive fire in my parable. And like those who
have taken
to the streets across the world to celebrate the rape, death, and
beheadings of innocent Israelis—men, women, and children. And babies.
In effect, we become death,
the destroyer of worlds.
(And we may well be re-introduced
to fire in the next one.)
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