"-1987, Ashkelon Prison" [4]
Perhaps we, overall,are nothing more than Vanunu's bolts since, despite the soundness ofhis plea,many peoplemechanicallyconform to whatever policies confront them. Theyautomaticallyand passivelygo along withthe programs thatarecustomarily in placeeven when it isobviously harmful to do so.
As such, there seems a sort of disconnection thatthey represent -- akind of dialectical dualism or cognitivedissociation wherein they can sometimes perform small acts of daily kindness, but can't quite tie their broader actions to their bigger effects. How could this not be the case?
In relation, one might wonderabout howanyone in his right mindcoulddesign, manufactureor dispense bombs, nuclear or not,andmines that couldwreck havoc uponothers -- perhapschildren running across a field or farmers sowing seeds in it. Is he so disconnected from the meanings of his actions that they are immaterial? Does he simply notcare aboutforeign children or farmers when they are strangers in far away lands? What kind of madness, actually,is at heart of such anunprincipled act?
So even if the populations thatfaceweapons of mass destructionare innocent or many of the climate change victimshave very small carbon footprints,it makes no difference to thebiggest, most aggressive manufacturers andpolluters. They simply go about their daily affairs unaware or largelydismissive of the ruinous havoc that they render in their wakes. Thus,we collectively lunge headlongtoward our globally sharedplights.
More to the point, what does it take to develop, on a large scale,the sort of firm resistanceto the status quo that Mordechai Vanunu describes? It clearly has to be created as too much isin peril across the world for it not to beeffected even if positive outcomes are highly unlikely.
Besides, why not tryin spite ofthe risk for failure?Afterall, the only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you are going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins. In order for somebody to win an important, major fight 100 years hence, a lot of other people have got to be willing - for the sheer fun and joy of it - to go right ahead and fight, knowing you're going to lose. You mustn't feel like a martyr. You've got to enjoy it. -I . F. Stone
References:
[1] Reisendame, "There is no peace when you could be sleeping next to alandmine" at
[2] Reisendame, "There is no peace when you could be sleeping next to alandmine" at
[3] Richard Meares, Global warming may bring tsunami and quakes: scientists | Reuters (http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE58F62I20090916).
[4]Mordechai Vanunu,VANUNU MORDECHAI J.C. - I AM YOUR SPY (http://vanunu.com/poems/mvpoemspy.html).
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