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Doubt
well, do what you can, then let it be. Presidents, priests,
wage slaves, hustlers, men and women, kids, we all live by
the grace of those we love to despise...
I
don't care what you believe in, so long as you don't believe
in it too strongly. A belief is a weapon in the armoury of
your heart, and its razor edge will murder the innocent. The
ice, the fire of your passion will seduce mundane men and women.
Your clarity will excite respect. And the first demagogue
who comes along with a key to your heart's armoury will wrest
the weapon from your moral grasp. The first cause which wears
the colours of your belief will enlist you as a soldier in
ravaging crusades. Peace friend. Keep your passion to doubt
with. Our civilization is a simple matter of live and let live,
of giving dreams a go, but stepping back with a wry smile when
we get it wrong. Let the fundamentalists perish in their own
pillars of fire. Spare a dollar for the living, and have a
nice day.
- Thor
@1 November 1991
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