The Case for Redemption #
March 6th, 2010 | In Worth Considering
This story — provoked by and about an event mostly unknown outside of Britain — isn’t for the faint-hearted, but the conclusion’s useful for all:
[I]ndignation is relatively easy to satisfy, and demands no sacrifice, no exposure to horrid experience, no damage to the soul. To continue feeding indignation against a 10-year-old boy who glimpsed Hell, and who knew it, is at best unworthy, and at worst is itself a manifestation of wickedness.
(via Lloyd, who calls it “Best & worst thing I’ve read in a very long time.”)
Update (3/18/2010) - Andrew O’Hagen piece in the LRB is equally good.