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To: dyed_in_the_wool
Life's too short to accept liberal arguments blindly, or try to see what kind of lame stuff follows the initial lame argument.

Wow, you sure misread that post. It appears on The Autonomist. The Autonomist makes conservatives look like socialist. There couldn't be a site more in opposition to statism and collectivism.

You must have missed this footnote:

"Whenever the absurdity and nihilistic horrors of war are pointed out, those making the observations are subject to the ubiquitous accusation of being pacifists. On the one hand, every sane person ought to be a, "pacifist," meaning, they ought despise and reject war as both irrational and evil. Those who call themselves, "pacifists," however, usually hold the equally irrational view, that, "peace," can be achieved by never putting up a fight.

"The moment the barbarian and uncivilized know you do not intend to defend yourself against them, they will attack with all the ferocity of which they are capable. And here is the greatest absurdity of war. As a compromise with those who believe the way to combat evil is to do nothing, men have made "rules" by which they will fight wars. These "rules" are intended to make war, "humane."

"The barbarians and uncivilized are never constrained by such rules. They have no interest in being, "humane." The rules only serve as limits on those who are defending themselves, and the absudity of this is, since they are fighting those who have declared by their aggression, they are not interested in human values and deserve nothing but the most inhumane and vicious defense possible, any "rules" that limit the defenders must work in favor of the aggressors and inhumanity."

Hank

28 posted on 03/21/2003 1:20:53 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief
You must have missed this footnote

I did. I'm rereading it to answer your other posts more intelligently. (I hope.)
56 posted on 03/22/2003 6:33:47 PM PST by dyed_in_the_wool (What's the frequency, Kenneth?)
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To: Hank Kerchief
Good point, As Doc Ford has said, " Wars are always fought at the level of the least moral combatant". (Or close to this).

No one wants wars or a world in which war is a reality every generation, but as has been pointed out, we do have enemies. Once that is recognized, confrontation must occur or one side gives in to the other. (P.S. giving in does not change the fact that you have enemies, it only gives them physical power over you.)
76 posted on 03/23/2003 7:31:58 PM PST by KC_for_Freedom
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