How should we live when innocence is lost as it must be? We must live with eyes wide open even to a world filled with those who relish destruction. Our response must be positive, respectful, strong. Why do anything else?
I always enjoy your thoughtful prose. They are paced so beautifully. I particularly like the etymology of the word. Something about the opposite of noxious just resonated with me. I almost wish the word for guilty had come down as ‘nocent’ or that innocent had remained ‘innoxious’ so that there were a true dichotomy built into the linguistics
We find the defendant noxious
We find the defendant not noxious
But while that satisfies my legal mind, it would be sad to lose the innocence of innocence.
What is noxious your honor, I have had the pleasure of never having known….
How should we live when innocence is lost as it must be? We must live with eyes wide open even to a world filled with those who relish destruction. Our response must be positive, respectful, strong. Why do anything else?
I always enjoy your thoughtful prose. They are paced so beautifully. I particularly like the etymology of the word. Something about the opposite of noxious just resonated with me. I almost wish the word for guilty had come down as ‘nocent’ or that innocent had remained ‘innoxious’ so that there were a true dichotomy built into the linguistics
We find the defendant noxious
We find the defendant not noxious
But while that satisfies my legal mind, it would be sad to lose the innocence of innocence.
What is noxious your honor, I have had the pleasure of never having known….