Long, long ago, I believed that if I treated others well and were kind to them, they would reciprocate.
Of course, I learned the hard way that this is rarely so.
But I suppose this wishful thinking still colours my naive approach to international politics.
“If only my brethren would conduct themselves with impeccable ethics, the strong nations would not gather around to trounce them.”
Of course, we know this is not true. Even if they had perfect behaviour, predatory nations would still invent a pretext to ravage them.
Watch how innocent men are slandered by every newspaper in the land as terrorists just because they can, without consequence.
In the end, there is little any can do to repell those who intend to cause corruption in the earth. No kindness seems capable of reaching the hard-hearted.
Last modified: 27 February 2025
