Thoughts about conflict

  • Dissolving dychotomies is the first step towards the dissolution of a conflict
  • The broad strokes of opposing narratives need to meet each other.
  • Subtleties have to be added and there has to be acknowledgement
  • Complexity can convey a more fair picture of the conflict
  • Though past needs to be brought in in order to add complexity, the considerations for a solution need to be focused on the present and the future
  • Reflect about those who do apology to violence as a legitimate tool for resistance
  • Unidimensional thinking is one of the problems

"It is imperative that we pursue justice, not revenge. While the overly human response to such violence is to desire to inflict equal or greater chaos, this desire is not just. As long as revenge takes the place of justice, the cycle of hatred will rejuvenate until what makes us human dissipates"