War is a loss for all parties. I do recognize that it sometimes is necessary, but it can never be the preferred choice.
Re: Why war?
War is a loss for all parties. I do recognize that it sometimes is necessary, but it can never be the preferred choice.
Re: Why war?
"Armed conflict is the last arm of diplomacy."
Cowardice is to run from the fear;
Bravery is not to never feel the fear.
Bravery is to be terrified as hell;
But to hold the line anyway.
Re: Why war?
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
I think the EU is "beyond" war - at the moment.
Europe has never been in such a good state. It's not just that we're more advanced and prosperous than we used to, IMO. Other united entities may still be barbarian misantropes...
There is no way a civilised humanist can use war to resolve a conflict of interest. (applies to religious humanists as well as secular)
Self defense may be possible.
How deep and resistant to corrosives is the lacquer of civilisation, though?
I'm certain I'm civilised to the bone myself, but examples of how surprisingly, shockingly easy it peels off abound.
I hope the UN will be revitalised, and become what it's intended to be instead of a stomping ground for those who have concern only for power and wealth.
Sono Pazzi Questi Romani
Paul Peru: Holier than thy bucket!
Re: Why war?
Mankind shall never end war. We may achieve peace on continents such as Europe, but warfare just increases in the other places, like the African successor states. No matter how civilised man can get, there shall always be war. Perhaps in the distant future, we may achieve peace on earth, but then we may end up with war in space. Thoe only way I think that we could achieve peace just now is if the peace was enforced.
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
-The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Wherever this stone shall lie, the King of the Scots shall rule"
-Prophecy of the Stone of Destiny
"For God, For King and country, For loved ones home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice, and The freedom of the world, They buried him among the kings because he, Had done good toward God and toward his house."
-Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
Re: Why war?
End war? I don't think we really ever can. We should always strive to that ideal, but there will always be people trying to kill each other.
I think war is pointless and almost always doesn't change anything.
"But if you should fall you fall alone,
If you should stand then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way I would take you home."
Grateful Dead, "Ripple"
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