The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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I need your witness.
All reason is in revolt! My soul bribes the bailiff, who comes to release me. At my interrogation I am asked why it is I demand reason. Timidly, I respond, Is it reasonable to accept poverty, to accept torture, to let people die, to destroy this planet, to go on with living as we’ve lived for too long? Who can argue with reason?! Reason grounded in reality never fails to destabilize us.
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