Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Is War Ever Justifyable?
This question is one that religious zealots will have no problem with. If some people only see "their" way, it is easy to defend their position and dispose of anyone or anything that comes as a threat to their truth. For those who have an open minded respect for another point of view can we ever justify the need for war? Is war necessary or should their be endless dialogue and an unending "turning of the cheek?
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How can you justify killing to overcome killing? There are no winners when there are deaths on both sides. For example, the states that have the death penalty and execute a murderer, what have you done? They killed someone, so you kill them right back? Two wrongs never make a right. You cannot have a war with casualties, so, NO. War is never justifiable.
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ReplyDeleteThe kind loving part of me would like to say no, war is never justified.
The practical part of me that understands that war is rarely only about ideaology, and usually about access to resources has to say yes.
If there were always easy answers, we would never have war.
Never and Always - the 2 most misused words in the English language. If someone was hurting my daughter I'd do everything I could to stop them. If my daughter was hurting someone I'd do everything I could to stop her. Would I like it, NO. Would I do it, YES. Now escalate this to other issues. Never... that's a big, big word.
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