the teaching of fear
Written on 20 December 2002 | Posted in reading/listening | 0 Comments
“In a world that prefers security to justice, there is loud applause whenever justice is sacrificed on the altar of security. The rite takes place in the streets. Every time a criminal falls in a hail of bullets, society feels some relief from the disease that makes it tremble. The death of each lowlife has a pharmaceutical effect on those living the high life. The word “pharmacy” comes from pharmakos, the Greek name for humans sacrificed to the gods in times of crisis”
- from Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking Glass World – Eduardo Galeano, translated by Mark Fried.