Now, in the accelerated post-911 climate of surveillance
and acceptance of torture,
the echoes in own country are potent, I thought.
If we do not speak up, if we deny what is happening,
we will no longer lead free and honorable lives.
But we need to ask the question: how can we stop what is happening
in a peaceful way?

Violence begets violence. The events
that caused the Japanese to set in motion a war that would lead
to the destruction of their own country
are instructive as an example of what not to do.