[Octar]

No matter how it is dressed and garnished, a pacifist is still a coward and a parasite. And a self-deluded fool, I might add. Could you ever trust one?

[summer]

Could you ever trust one?

Well, I sure wouldn't want to be in the military with one.

[good1]

a pacifist is still a coward and a parasite

Exactly so! An earlier poster said that pacifists only exist in this country--how true.

The one glaring omission from the writer's essay is any congnizant knowledge of sin and its effects on human society. These people haven't learned anything from either history or theology.