Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless: peacocks and lilies, for instance.
~ John Ruskin
Daily Archives: March 16, 2025
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We only become beasts — we become worse than beasts — when we torment others.
~ Iain Banks
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Campus Life at
Illinois Tech
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“The citizenry of a hyperpower are always inwardly focussed – barely aware of the rest of the world.”
~ Jasper John MacKay
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The moral confusion on too many campuses after the October 7 massacre of 1,200 Israelis fits a familiar pattern. The acceptability of the speech depends on the speaker. Individuals from oppressed groups are given leeway to target oppressor groups through disruptions and threats. This victimology allows Palestinians and their supporters (the oppressed) to target, intimidate, and harass Jews (the oppressors).
~ Ben Sasse via The Atlantic
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