Comments on: Ritual Violence II

Comment by: Kullervo

2007-11-04T20:29:02Z

I wasn’t oblivious to the pain I caused by excluding other people from my marriage ceremony, but I really felt like I was doing the right thing, and I was willing to make sacrifices to do what I thought was right.

I’m sorry that people were excluded and that they were hurt, but I’m not sorry that I did what I thought was right, even if it meant a difficult road. Even looking back now as a non-believer.

Comment by: Jonathan Blake

2007-11-04T20:48:52Z

That’s an important point. I knew that it was painful for some people, but chose to ignore that in the service of doing the right thing. To regret my determination to do the right thing would be unhealthy. All I can ever do is try to do what I think is right. The healthy thing seems to be regretting whatever it was that made me believe that excluding people was the right thing to do.