Mon 30 Nov, 2009 12:31 pm - [SIZE=50][QUOTE=fast;107070]
Some thing implies something, but something doesn't imply some thing.
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sophistry. maybe if we are talking about unicorns you would be correct, but we are... (view)
Fri 27 Nov, 2009 04:32 pm - [QUOTE=fast;105647]
[COLOR=black][SIZE=85]You cannot define war, but with sufficient skill, you may be able to define the word, "war," but you needn't try, for it has already been... (view)
Fri 27 Nov, 2009 03:58 pm - [QUOTE=dharma_bum;106186]I must say, I do agree with this. But to me, there's a HUGE difference between violence for the sake of instinctual self-improvement, and violence for the sake of... (view)
Thu 26 Nov, 2009 02:02 pm - [QUOTE=Aedes;106080]I think it helps in a few respects, even if the leader is indignant and defiant (like Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein).
1) It's a major catharsis and reassurance to... (view)
Wed 25 Nov, 2009 07:48 pm - [QUOTE=Aedes;105864]Find me one example of a prominent Nazi who expressed regret (let alone mortification) after the war and maybe I'll go along with this. I've read a great deal on this... (view)
Wed 25 Nov, 2009 02:16 pm - [QUOTE=deepthot;105780]
You write: "Stopping genocide? You would rather sit back and do nothing?" [I]
Those aren't the only two alternatives [/I]...unless one is only capable of... (view)
Tue 24 Nov, 2009 11:27 pm - [QUOTE=dharma_bum;105710]
In my opinion, all soldiers, no matter what country they are from, are murderers, and in absolutely no way can that be justified as the right thing to do.
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So... (view)
Tue 24 Nov, 2009 01:35 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;105599]But if there is justifiable killing, that doesn't make pacifism incohernt.
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Incoherent: different or incompatible by nature
If we are talking about war, I... (view)
Mon 23 Nov, 2009 07:24 pm - [QUOTE=deepthot;105308]I know of several military veterans, who were wounded in battle, and who now believe that war is [I]so stupid[/I]: it's just sheer madness. [In fact there is an outfit... (view)
