If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Your efforts to be neutral have aligned you with genocidal oppression. You will never be forgiven.














Holden is pretty heavily implied to kidnap and kill kids throughout, but yeah all of the characters are horrific. I’ve wondered if the book is a meditation on the violence of colonialism, but I’m not sure if McCarthy is cool enough for that.