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Thought for the week

Weapons are the tools of violence;
all decent men detest them

Weapons are the tools of fear;
a decent man will avoid them
except in the direst necessity
and, if compelled, will use them
only with the utmost restraint.
Peace is his highest value.
If the peace has been shattered,
how can he be content?
His enemies are not demons,
but human beings like himself.
He doesn’t wish them personal harm.
Nor does he rejoice in victory.
How could he rejoice in victory
and delight in the slaughter of men?

He enters a battle gravely, with sorrow and with great compassion,
as if her were attending a funeral.

- Lao Tzu, from the Tao te Ching, translated by Stephen Mitchell, Harper and Row