“To escape responsibility for violence
we imagine it is enough to pledge never
to be the first to do violence. But no one ever
sees himself as casting the first stone.
Even the most violent persons believe
that they are always reacting to a violence
committed in the first instance by someone else.”
- Rene Girard,
critic
From the book:
The One By Whom Scandal Comes
Tomorrow marks the anniversary
of Rene Girard's death in 2015 ...