Post by Eλευθερί on May 22, 2019 2:39:03 GMT
Billy Kwan: [as Billy and Guy enter a very poor area] "And the people asked Him, saying, 'What shall we do then?"'
Guy Hamilton: What's that?
Billy Kwan: It's from Luke. Chapter 3, verse 10. "What then must we do?" Tolstoy asked the same question. He wrote a book with that title. He got so upset about the poverty in Moscow that he went one night into the poorest section and just gave away all his money. You could do that now. Five American dollars would be a fortune to one of these people.
Guy Hamilton: Wouldn't do any good. Just be a drop in the ocean.
Billy Kwan: Ah. That's the same conclusion Tolstoy came to. I disagree.
Guy Hamilton: What's your solution?
Billy Kwan: Well, I support the view that you just don't think about the major issues. You do whatever you can about the misery that's in front of you. Add your light to the sum of light. You think that's naïve?
Guy Hamilton: Yup.
Billy Kwan: It's all right. Most journalists do.
Guy Hamilton: We can't afford to get involved.
Billy Kwan: Typical journo's answer.
The Year of Living Dangerously
