Let us not fail to notice how Aesthetic Realism succeeds

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Now that Google has made available old postings, let us not fail to
notice a remarkable article by Christopher Balchin dated Oct 15 1997.
In this post, reproduced from the journal "The Hindu," Balchin
apologizes, as an Englishman, to the people of India for the Amritsar
massacre. And why? Because he has come to see these former subjects of
the British Empire in a deeper, fairer way. This is a result of what he
learned about ethics from the philosophy of Aesthetic Realism, founded
by poet-critic Eli Siegel. He was "horrified, as an Englishman and
human being, when I learned that Queen Elizabeth was visiting Amritsar,
site of the infamous massacre by British troops of 379 unarmed
civilians and wounding of 1200 others in 1919, without uttering even
one word of apology."

His previous view that "we had brought needed civilisation to lesser
peoples" had changed. We should see this with the impact it really
deserves.

Yes, a deeply ingrained prejudice changed because of a person's study
of Aesthetic Realism.

Clearly, the Aesthetic Realism philosophy encourages a deeper sense of
justice than is commonly present.

In a world with so much injustice in it, and so much cynicism about
this ever changing, the evidence that it can change should be looked
into with hopeful eagerness and respectful inquiry.