I believe that social injustice is cruel and morally abhorrent, and that one innocent victim of racial profiling is one too many.
But I do not condone the destruction of personal property or, worse, the loss of life in the name of social justice.
Riots and looting in the center of Athens, Greece have become so casual that any moral justification, if there was ever one, has long faded into oblivion.
Athenians have learned to carry on with their lives, tolerating both social injustice and destruction in the name of social justice.
After every violent protest, innocent bystanders, whose property has become collateral damage, are left wondering: Why us?
They are asking the same question the original victims of social injustice are asking: Why us?
Our society is far from perfect but there must be a better way to come together than deliberately being torn apart.
But I do not condone the destruction of personal property or, worse, the loss of life in the name of social justice.
Riots and looting in the center of Athens, Greece have become so casual that any moral justification, if there was ever one, has long faded into oblivion.
Athenians have learned to carry on with their lives, tolerating both social injustice and destruction in the name of social justice.
After every violent protest, innocent bystanders, whose property has become collateral damage, are left wondering: Why us?
They are asking the same question the original victims of social injustice are asking: Why us?
Our society is far from perfect but there must be a better way to come together than deliberately being torn apart.
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