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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (7369)	3/5/2001 12:20:49 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

They are difficult situations to be in, to be sure. The question about your family, though, is unfair, since it is not the situation faced as a soldier in battle, and says nothing about questioning war as a means of settling disputes. More relevant is the general question: will you allow those without scruples to determine the future of the human race because you refuse to defend against them? This is especially important in a situation of ideological warfare, as opposed to dynastic strife or territorial aggrandizement. I considered myself a pacifist for a few years, and then, my junior year in college, I realized that I could not sustain it, that if it came down to letting Nazis or Stalinists win and shape the future, I would pick up a weapon and start shooting........