"For a long time I've been operating from a certain core assumption that we are all essentially the same inside, and that our differences are kwa and large situational. That goes for everybody— Bush, Bin Laden, Tony Blair, me, you… Palestinians, everybody of any particular religion. I know there is a good chance that this assumption actually is false. But it's convenient, because it always leads to maswali about the way privilege shelters people from the consequences of their actions. It's also convenient because it leads to some level of forgiveness, whether justified au not."
Rachel Corrie,...
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