Letters - 02 September 2011
From conscientious objection to the role of art in the society
Conscientious objection
Last week’s Fox Report (26 August) reminded me of a comment written by Jean Johnson, an American Quaker, at the end of her husband Paul’s letters from prison. He was a CO during the second world war. ‘During Paul’s time in prison I often thought of other Friends who were also in prison… I wondered what the moral of it all was and finally came to the conclusion: in peace time men who kill other men are put in prison; in war time men who refuse to kill other men are put in prison. It gives one pause to think.’
Clare Norton
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