Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : The Cosmic Corner -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (590)	12/11/2001 10:56:26 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 667

I think pacificism only "works" if you have a few pacifists protected in a society that is largely not pacifist. Good grief, girl! Pacifism "works" when a critical mass of people in the world becomes committed to it.

To: epicure who wrote (590)	12/11/2001 7:24:35 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 667

I think pacifism is bred of good times. It is much harder to be a pacifist when someone else is doing much better than you. In fact, it is probably less than ideal to be a pacifist in times when 'pacifists' are under attack. Better to go underground. Gandhi wasn't stupid, but the lasting effect of his works is yet to be reaped. The message was transmitted but has yet to be demonstrated to work with a credible and singularly motivated opponent. I'd feel a lot better if I saw a good example in nature.