Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Better or worse 2

History is a story of accepting the bad in many ways ... it has been better to conform with religious dogmas rather than to protest. It has been better to work for the secret police than to question the dominant order.
We are still in this situation where we have to choose between the temporary good and the timeless good. Things are not as bad as they used to be. The sector of free speech and free thoughts are bigger now than before. But it is not total.
If we could learn something from history, it would be that weapons and bribes can make progress slow. But progress is eventually inevitable.
We could also learn that freedom of thought is a positive power. It is not necessarily violent in its process for a better society. Peace is better in giving peace than war and revolution is.

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