War Talk, CounterPunch, (June 2, 2002)
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It’s not just the one million soldiers on the border who are living on hair-trigger alert. It’s all of us. That’s what nuclear bombs do. Whether they’re used or not, they violate everything that is humane. They alter the meaning of life itself. Why do we tolerate them? Why do we tolerate these men who use nuclear weapons to blackmail the entire human race?
— Arundhati Roy
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It’s not just the one million soldiers on the border who are living on hair-trigger alert. It’s all of us. That’s what nuclear bombs do. Whether they’re used or not, they violate everything that is humane. They alter the meaning of life itself. Why do we tolerate them? Why do we tolerate these men who use nuclear weapons to blackmail the entire human race?" in the context of "War Talk, CounterPunch, (June 2, 2002)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Arundhati Roy" (Quotes, Interviews)
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