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  • Pacifism won't stop radical Islam

    11/12/2006 6:27:25 AM PST · by Valin · 61 replies · 1,601+ views
    Napa Valley Register ^ | 11/12/06 | SANDRA PAGE
    I was in a recent discussion about the war on terror and the nature of the Radical Wahhabi sect of Muslims. One person felt that war is wrong and that a pacifistic approach would be more successful. To engage in war was to become like your enemy, and to retain our humanity we must be pacifists. This person cited Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Jesus as examples of successful pacifists. I agree that pacifism is preferable to war in instances where it is logical to follow that path. In other words, it has to work. In the case of Gandhi,...