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Friday, October 20, 2006

Called to Apathy

"I think our generation has been called to apathy just as our grandparents were called to defeat fascism and the baby boomers were called to get divorced and fuck around for most of their adult lives before bankrupting the entire goddamn country when they retire. But we have the chance to do something really special here. Imagine a world where people didn't care enough to go to war over anything. Where some guy gets up in the morning and says, 'I know God wants me to kill the infidels and keep gay people from marrying each other, but I just don't give a shit. I'm going back to bed.' It would be paradise on earth. This is our mission. I think we can make it happen, but I really don't care either way. And that's called hope."

~ Paul Neilan

1 Comments:

Blogger Henry and Ruut Mononen said...

apathy = giving up. Giving up means not completing that which should be completed. What is it that we seek completed but then abandon. Is it a higher ethic. If so, is it not up to us to persevere regardless of the resistance. Thus, to say apathy is the answer is to say one has already thrown in the towel.

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