[Valin]

Those of us who hang onto pacifist ideals, even in times like these, are dismissed, attacked, and mocked.

Could it be because there are those who are just whiney little twits who equate pacifism with blame America first, or just can't be bothered with helping to preserve and protect the nation where you can be a pacifist?

[summer]

...can't be bothered with helping to preserve and protect the nation where you can be a pacifist?

I think some pacifists have a genuine aversion to violence. But, having said that, I think a person who is truly a pacifist should do everything else possible to help others willing to fight for the country where one CAN be pacifist.

I mean she doesn't have to join the U.S. army, but there a million other things she could and should do to demonstrate her love of humanity during this time of war, including: her love of her fellow countrymen HERE IN THIS COUNTRY and our MILITARY wherever they may be.