Comments on: The First Rule of Swimming https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/06/first-rule-of-swimming/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Tue, 27 Dec 2016 23:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Claire 'Word by Word' https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/06/first-rule-of-swimming/#comment-7106 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:01:05 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1807#comment-7106 I love that metaphor of the tide you use, it is very apt.

It is hard to know whether silence actually assists humanity, because we have a tendency to repeat mistakes and often the victims of oppressors end up oppressing other communities themselves. One has to wonder if it will ever be possible to end this cycle of annihilation; as long as there are armies and defense strategies, humanity will always remain in danger I believe.

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