"Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."

-Hermann Goering, Hitler's Reich-Marshall
at the Nuremberg Trials after the Second World War

There are these times when I wish I could turn off my mind for a while... stop thinking.
When everything seems to remind me of one certain thing, and nothing clears my head of it. I guess tonight is just one of those times.

I went in not knowing how to feel, and hence not knowing what to think. I went in with, as is my want, so many questions with so few answers. I had told myself that the point in the questions was the asking.... such a pleasant lie.
The good news is that some of the questions have been answered; or at least the old feigning of ignorance no longer works. The bad news is that now the rest of the questions, the unanswered ones now become important.

And I can't stop thinking about it.
This isn't something that I can reason through, I know that this isn't something that I can reason through. I keep thinking about it, though. The movie we watched tonight.... The song on the radio... The conversation Jonathan and I had...

I was once told that love is where all things; every second with every sense; reminds us of that which we love.
I guess that's another answer, then, if all this reminds me so much... If only it were the right question.