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The Cosmic Corner
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617I think pacifism is bred of good times. It is much harder to be a pacifist whencosmicforce-12/11/2001
616It would seem not.cosmicforce-12/11/2001
615<i>I'm not sanguine about the chances of that happening</i> Me,Lane3-12/11/2001
614That might be possible but it would require not only a strong majority to be pacTimF-12/11/2001
613<i>If only one person is willing to use violence then who's going to sLane3-12/11/2001
612<i>My point is that if you base our decisions of what is stupid and what iLane3-12/11/2001
611In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. So it is with the pacifist pGreg or e-12/11/2001
610<Any thoughts on this? > Not that I can support factually. However, Icosmicforce-12/11/2001
609<i>:If you don't make that exclusion and abstain from any physical forLane3-12/11/2001
608Schools are in the business of teaching. Something that is disruptive (i.e., a cosmicforce-12/11/2001
607<i> I'll take your word for it if you tell me a dozen guys couldn'TimF-12/11/2001
606<i>Also if the pacifists are totally pacifist one violent person with a baLane3-12/11/2001
605<i> Well, first of all, they would probably have banned guns and the like.TimF-12/11/2001
604<i>we will always have people wanting to fight each other for a multitude Lane3-12/11/2001
603Well, I guess it's a nice pipe dream, but I happen to believe that human natBald Eagle-12/11/2001
602Ah, OK. Please explain the difference. :)Greg or e-12/11/2001
601<i>I surprised you don't see that.</i> There's a big differLane3-12/11/2001
600There is a huge difference between picking a fight and standing against evil wheGreg or e-12/11/2001
599<i>Pacifism can only work in a world that is absent evil. </i> <Lane3-12/11/2001
598I would have to say that I agree with X on this one. No doubt that means she wilGreg or e-12/11/2001
597<i>How could they do that and remain pacifist?</i> Well, first of aLane3-12/11/2001
596RE:The pacifists would isolate or otherwise hobble those who are temperamentallyBald Eagle-12/11/2001
595No sign of the Higgs boson newscientist.com Hi CF, I just wanted to post this aWin Smith-12/11/2001
594<i>that 5% could easily enslave the pacifist 95%</i> I suppose theyLane3-12/11/2001
593Um ok if you say so From what I've seen of humans I don't think thatepicure-12/11/2001
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