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bemildred

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3. "The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 09:08 AM
Apr 2012

power." ~ George Orwell 1984

I think he is quite wrong. The terror destroyed the revolution, as it always will. Terror is the tool of tyrants. (How's that for alliteration?) When you resort to terror, you tell everyone exactly what your intentions are.

Even if one accepts surgical metaphors for "cleansing" violence, which I don't, it is always a risky business that ought to be minimized or avoided altogether, and one certainly cannot say that of Robespierre and his associates.

I do like Mr. Zizek, he is an interesting guy.

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