I think, in the ultimate analysis, the answer lies in whether an individual has taken the ownership of his mind and heart, or left it to the determination of outside forces.

No matter how benign those external determinants may be, the moment one signs over to them the native sovereignty of self-decision, he has stepped onto the oiled slope of becoming --all nicely unwitting -- a good German or a Rwandan citizen wielding his pangi through a neighbor's throat.


A