Your article reminded me of something I read year ago on the internet to the effect of: "No matter how ludicrous the cause, there will always be a champion to defend it". Politics doesn't become personal until you are manipulated in to making life or death decisions on other peoples lives. But as fate would have it, it is other people who are choosing the persona gratis's to dispose of the undesirables. The demarcation lines between an absolute good (beauty) and an absolute evil (fill in the blank) has become so blurred through the sophistry of euphemisms and moral relativism, that people no longer understand how to even set their moral compass to guide them back to the creator of all things.
In keeping with the ideas of "one book" and "facing darkness" I can't help but default to the Bible. A second book might be The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin. It's been a long time, but I remember one theme being hope in the face of human weakness. It was definitely an uplifting read for me.
Your article reminded me of something I read year ago on the internet to the effect of: "No matter how ludicrous the cause, there will always be a champion to defend it". Politics doesn't become personal until you are manipulated in to making life or death decisions on other peoples lives. But as fate would have it, it is other people who are choosing the persona gratis's to dispose of the undesirables. The demarcation lines between an absolute good (beauty) and an absolute evil (fill in the blank) has become so blurred through the sophistry of euphemisms and moral relativism, that people no longer understand how to even set their moral compass to guide them back to the creator of all things.
In keeping with the ideas of "one book" and "facing darkness" I can't help but default to the Bible. A second book might be The Keys of the Kingdom, by A. J. Cronin. It's been a long time, but I remember one theme being hope in the face of human weakness. It was definitely an uplifting read for me.