"What happens is this: when we come to believe that the only way to make change is to murder one another, the idea of “the other” makes less valuable the human life it possesses. As a consequence, we can kill the “other” and not feel guilty. Unfortunately, human beings spend too much time rationalizing that war is right under certain circumstances; that it’s okay to threaten and kill other human beings."
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Pulitzer Prize winnersPeople from PhiladelphiaScreenwriters from the United StatesPlaywrights from the United StatesAfrican Americans
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On whether war corrupts the military in “Charles Fuller Discusses ‘One Night’” in Contemporary American Theater Festival (2014 Jun 1)
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Charles Fuller
Charles H. Fuller Jr. (March 5, 1939 – October 3, 2022) was an African American playwright.
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