I love irony, I must say. I feel like Luke Skywalker wielding his light sword. The weapon is something I love to use, but I don’t think I can be charged with using it improperly. I hoped to use it effectively against those deserving of it when I chose to. I do not have in my psyche any oasis of tranquility when it comes to the brutality and savagery of Pinochet, Idi Amin, Hitler, Stalin, and their ilk.

From the book, “Years of the Electric Ear” (1994)