The Litmus Test
A Warning from the Past, Present and Bondi Beach. There will be more Bondi Beaches.
I write this in the immediate aftermath of a massacre.
How a society treats Jews functions as a litmus test in the strict sense, not the rhetorical one. A substance placed against litmus paper must fall within a narrow range to remain stable and habitable. Outside that range—too acidic or too alkaline—it becomes corrosive, unfit for life.
Civilisation is…
