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Perspectives
by DouglasIMPORTANT NOTE: This is a piece of a longer writing project. You can view the entire project here: Perspectives
The following is a piece of writing submitted by Douglas on March 23, 2008
"This morning we did a series of monologues about various characters involved in the passion. Mine was Pilate. My script was three lines long and said at the top: "This is only some ideas to get you started. Make the character your own."
So I did."
So I did."
It's Not My Fault!
Don't look at me like that. It's not my fault; you can't blame me for this. I never asked for this. I never wanted this man in my court, never wanted to stand in judgment over him. It's not my fault.If you could have been there, if you could have been in the court and listened to how I questioned him, you would know. It's not my fault. Again and again I would ask him for a defense, but he would speak no word on his own behalf. How can you acquit a man when all the witnesses against him insist that he is a traitor against Rome, against the gods, and even against humanity, yet he says nothing in his own defense?
Did I think he was innocent? Yes, I suppose I did. But you can't blame me for this. You don't understand how a mob works, as I do. You don't know that rage that seethes under the surface, waiting to erupt. You don't understand that when the mob is deprived of its victim, it is quick to seek out another.
And that other victim would not have been you.
Would it be right to exchange the life of a Roman governor for the life of a Jewish carpenter?
It's not my fault. I wash my hands of this whole matter. His blood is on their hands, on your hands, but not mine. I wash my hands of him.
Don't look at me like that. It's not my fault.
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