I make the simple point that peace at all costs, or even just at too high a cost, is no peace at all. There is no peace without justice, if you like it aphoristic. And I think Jesus understood that supremely well. It follows as the night the day that I consider work for the latter kind of peace better than for the former. I’m Afrikaans, from South Africa, and we have a saying that translated reads “Make your friendliness cheap and your friendship dear”. There’s a way to go before friendship is at play, here. But we could happily agree on the goal, and even on making it explicit. Now that would make for some decent negotiation, wouldn’t it?
I make the simple point that peace at all costs, or even just at too high a cost, is no peace at all. There is no peace without justice, if you like it aphoristic. And I think Jesus understood that supremely well. It follows as the night the day that I consider work for the latter kind of peace better than for the former. I’m Afrikaans, from South Africa, and we have a saying that translated reads “Make your friendliness cheap and your friendship dear”. There’s a way to go before friendship is at play, here. But we could happily agree on the goal, and even on making it explicit. Now that would make for some decent negotiation, wouldn’t it?