... Plato says that the war there is, and always because it comes from human passions, that it is not because you subtract inherent in human nature, that is, in our tendency to anger and bullying, in our anxiety to assert and exert dominance rather supremacy. And no doubt says something right. On second thought, our every gesture is an act of war. Our every action is a form of daily exercise that war against anyone or anything. Rivalry professional and political example is a form of war. The electoral contest is a form of war, the competition in all its aspects is a form of war. The competitions are a form of warfare (...) But Plato is wrong to say that the war created by human passions, that the war the men do and that's it. A lion chasing a gazelle, the bite to the throat, the ravening, performs an act of war (...) The war is not a curse inherent in our nature is a curse inherent in life. Not one escapes the war because war is part of life. This is monstrous and I agree. So monstrous that this is mainly due to my atheism. That is, by my refusal to accept the idea a god who created a world where life kills life, eat your life. A world where in order to survive we must kill and eat other living beings, whether or un'arsella a chicken or a tomato. While this had really conceived the creator god, I say, it would be a very bad god.
"The Force of Reason Oriana Fallaci
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