Poem: The Law Was
This poem came out of the January 8, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from thesilentpoet about a child finding an alien. It was also significantly influenced by my memory of this thread about a common Jewish worldview regarding potential threats, and by recent discussions of Jewish fantasy literature and identity on LiveJournal and on ( Read more... )
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Reminds me of Elliot and the other children's reaction to E.T. vs. .... everyone else's.
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Yes, and before anyone goes throwing rocks at the Jews for being paranoid, they had ought to consider that pretty much the rest of the global population was standing behind them in that reflection.
>> Reminds me of Elliot and the other children's reaction to E.T. vs. .... everyone else's. <<
Sooth.
It's why I've also written poems on the theme of "we're not afraid of them; we're afraid of them being like us."
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I think that's what drives a lot of current politics... certain people are deathly afraid that if Someone Else gets power, they'll behave just as badly towards the scared party as the scared, formerly incumbent, party has behaved... and they don't seem to believe us when we say we've more important things to do than hand out revenge...
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Agreed.
>> certain people are deathly afraid that if Someone Else gets power, they'll behave just as badly towards the scared party as the scared, formerly incumbent, party has behaved... and they don't seem to believe us when we say we've more important things to do than hand out revenge... <<
Sauron could not conceive of anyone trying to destroy the Ring, because the Ring was power, and in his mind everyone desired power.
In my observation, almost nobody manages to resist the temptation to get revenge on former oppressors once placed into a position of power. It pretty much takes a saint-level willpower. So it can happen, but it's extremely rare. Most people will hit back. Many will try to obliterate the opponent.
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