In the wake of the bombing of a mosque in Minnesota this weekend, a friend posted the following quote from Elie Wiesel:
‘We must take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.
When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the centre of the universe.’
Indeed.
(I’ll be moving a re-read of The Night Trilogy up the to-read queue.)
A Tropical Fish Out of Water 