“Violence is not a simple, self-contained phenomenon with a straightforward set of causes, and thus a common package of remedies . . . If violence is to be countered or controlled, it is in a personal and social (and international) order, in which there is always some commitment to mutual recognition and attention, so that the markers of identity and value do not become weapons of revenge. . . We are a long way from anything that much resembles this; and the journey towards it is indeed not an irreversible and self-evident progression.” – Rowan Williams, Violence is an unavoidable part of being human [via newstatesman.com] [h/t DT]