"Say there, Gone GF, Your Royal Spellness - can you spell H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y?"
Orwell's comments on pacifism:
"You are wrong also in thinking that I dislike wholehearted pacifism, though I do think it mistaken. What I object to is the circumspect kind of pacifism, which denounces one kind of violence while endorsing or avoiding mention of another."
"One question that every pacifist had a clear obligation to answer was: 'What about the Jews? Are you prepared to see them exterminated? If not, how do you propose to save them without resorting to war?' I must say that I have never heard, from any Western pacifist, an honest answer to this question, though I have heard plenty of evasions."
What I object to is the circumspect kind of pacifism, which denounces one kind of violence while endorsing or avoiding mention of another." While chatting with the anarchists, this very issue was brought up. As they tried to tell us they love their country they simply do not believe in violence. Their side had a sign that read "Stop USA Terrorism" and we asked what they thought about al-Queda terrorism or the palestinians terrorism. The answer.....{crickets}