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

To: Poet who wrote (31012)	10/5/2001 7:28:14 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I think this is a very difficult time to be a pacifist. I've never been one, but having come of age during the Viet Nam war I'm not a pacifist, either, even though my personal approach is pretty non-confrontational and definitely non-violent. Some things are worth fighting for and sometimes you have to fight, but those things and times are probably rarer for me than for most people. I am accepting of pacificism in individuals although I don't think I've ever known one. It's well within my range of tolerance. I don't think, though, that it's a viable posture for countries. I find myself agreeing with the talk and actions of a president for whom I didn't vote and with whom I disagree on many things. I think we're lucky that Bush is in the White House. If Gore were taking this measured and deliberate approach, I don't know if he'd have such nearly-unanimous support. Karen