We need to sacrifice something. And this is what I find lacking. We want to construct an image of ourselves as virtuous but we don't want to suffer for our beliefs. We want to change the world with a Facebook like. That's not how the world works.
When we deconstruct how radical evil occurs we realize that it is anything but spontaneous combustion. You need pyromaniacs. - Payam Akhavan
When we deconstruct how radical evil occurs we realize that it is anything but spontaneous combustion. You need pyromaniacs.
- Payam Akhavan
When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the UN is going to put the accu… - Payam Akhavan
When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the UN is going to put the accu…
In Yugoslavia we were told we were not only naive idealists in wanting war criminals to be prosecuted but that we were actually standing in the way o… - Payam Akhavan
In Yugoslavia we were told we were not only naive idealists in wanting war criminals to be prosecuted but that we were actually standing in the way o…
Criminal trials are fundamentally about individual accountability whereas truth commissions are less about the guilt of the perpetrator and more abou… - Payam Akhavan
Criminal trials are fundamentally about individual accountability whereas truth commissions are less about the guilt of the perpetrator and more abou…
We need to sacrifice something. And this is what I find lacking. We want to construct an image of ourselves as virtuous but we don't want to suffer f… - Payam Akhavan
We need to sacrifice something. And this is what I find lacking. We want to construct an image of ourselves as virtuous but we don't want to suffer f…
Storytelling is very important. It is through context and relations that we understand the importance of human dignity. The concept means nothing as … - Payam Akhavan
Storytelling is very important. It is through context and relations that we understand the importance of human dignity. The concept means nothing as …
The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs on the battlefiel… - Payam Akhavan
The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs on the battlefiel…
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. But both are … - Payam Akhavan
Helping survivors of residential schools in Canada is not the same as the UN sending in peacekeepers to prevent the genocide in Rwanda. But both are …
We must sacrifice something in order to make the world better. - Payam Akhavan
We must sacrifice something in order to make the world better.
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