The old priest was a faithful man, but that faith was placed in God and not men. He had spent a lifetime observing people. Hehad seen firsthand the horrific results of appeasement. It was a path chosen by feebleminded people who were morally incapable of confronting evil. He saw many parallels between the Nazis, the communists, and these jihadists. They were all sociopaths at heart—obsessed with their own tribal desires and utterly incapable of conferring justice or compassion on those outside the tribe. If you were not one of them, you were a lesser human, and thus deserved to be treated in any way they saw fit. And if that meant blowing up airliners and buses full of innocent civilians, then so be it. 想起一种说法:对敌人宽容,就是对人民犯罪。再一想,党派团体宗教甚至民族不都是这样。