We must be careful how we try to change and influence each other. Superficial changes in language can create cynicism and undo the possibility of genuine change.
"the optimist sees injustice as something discordant and unexpected, and it stings him into action. The pessimist can be enraged at wrong; but only the optimist can be surprised at it"
A Christmas poem by Joseph Brodsky
Language lets us feel we have connected. Yet we are not always sure and so we invent jargons, idiolects, little groups in which we can feel assured of membership. Yet even this reassurance can feel hollow.
Evil can grow in many places - but the bureau - the office where no one rules - is particularly prone to create unfeeling harms.
We must never lose a sense of our own individual moral responsibility - if we do we stop being human.
Kent M. Keith & The Roches offer some wise advice on setting sail in this troublesome and paradoxical world.
A quote from Simone Weil
We can understand why some had to collaborate with the totalitarian regime. But why did so many others join in who had nothing to fear?