The magic of Mandela was the brave choice to say enough is enough. Despite the efforts of others to light the fuse, he symbolised the ability to hold people together and start to rebuild. The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is awesome, but it is not a movie that suspends reality. No amount of talking apes makes you think that the truths of this movie are not real. The evidence points to the world moving in the right direction. No one wins in wars. As Sting said, the enemy love their children too. Figuring out who started things doesn't help. I am not even convinced prosecuting war crimes helps. I am an optimist and would love data on how many instigators there are driving the majority of the world's remaining tragedies. At some point, hopefully the spiral stops. For now, we have to comfort ourselves that it is a shrinking spiral.
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