from "What is Truth" by rowan williams a sermon written at the outbreak of the gulf war
"We have lately become used once again to the cliche, 'The first casualty of war is truth.'
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what is rather depressing is the way its recognized without much residue of outrage....
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What, though, if we were turn the cliche around and say, 'peace is the first casualty of untruthfulness'...
our present conflict is in large measure the price being paid for massive delusion on both sides...
If you wish to know the pertinence of religious faith to the political realm, here is one answer, in recognition of the need and the possibility of a shared repentance ...."
i would type the whole thing if i could, but I'm pressed for time.
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