Monday, March 7, 2022

The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing

Never read anything about IRA and this was the first one but it was less focused on IRA but more on how people make revolutionary choices.

Alice, is a woman you can see around and it might be difficult to guess what they have on mind. And even if they align themselves to a cause they still remain a different personality. A person who takes care of maintaining the decorum, setup for normal living conditions, everyone's convenience, staying pleasant and of course look for warmth in friends and relationships.

Hence the title. These people don't fit the bill of being a terrorist but of a person who has independent thoughts but still having an internal struggle. The people who don't know how far they can go for the ideology they are committed to. One man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter.

Unfortunately, commitment to an ideology without any flexibility can potentially cause a lot of harm. It can make you short sighted or even blindsided for a lot of things which might have sound evil to a rational mind. Since, there is no fixed formula to gauge the affect of current actions on the future, people living in the moment can end up doing things which will look bad in the hindsight.

Love is priceless but you may not know what you will end up paying for it.

Love

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