M. Grégoire on Nostr: "[G]limpses of humanity [in artistic protrayals of evil] hardly falsify or mitigate ...
"[G]limpses of humanity [in artistic protrayals of evil] hardly falsify or mitigate the horror. On the contrary, in a way they confirm and accentuate it. Partly because they render the totality more real, more plausible, and partly because they confront us with the sickening reality that these horrors were perpetrated not by monsters or demons, but by human beings not unlike ourselves. Practical moral action, steps toward redress, reform and reconciliation, begin with this recognition."
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