One of the two looks very happy. Is it possible that Grandpas are an acquired taste? If so, then the problem is that I'm not allowed to feed him ice cream yet. 

The tragic flaw of violence

I'm a reasonably committed fan of West Wing. It is both serious and fun, both fast and deep. It often tracks and illuminates contemporary political, moral and global issues. I don't watch much else on TV; I always watch West Wing.

I just ran across this quote by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which John Wells used in #502 "The Dogs of War". See also Bartelby. The quote is from "Where do we go from here? Chaos or Community".

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.
Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.
Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.
Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate.
In fact, violence merely increases hate.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that."