[lit-ideas] FW: Re: Is torture wrong by definition?
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:21:04 -0400
> civilization, by any definition, is anywhere from difficult
> to impossible without safety and stability. Paint those pretty pictures
> and they will be destroyed or hidden until the fighting stops. This is
not
> to be confused with pacifism. That's something else.
>
No, by Merriam Webster's definition. Civilization, most notably #3:
1 a : a relatively high level of cultural and technological development;
specifically : the stage of cultural development at which writing and the
keeping of written records is attained b : the culture characteristic of a
particular time or place
2 : the process of becoming civilized
3 a : refinement of thought, manners, or taste b : a situation of urban
comfort
One cannot be refined if one is dodging something or is in fear for one's
life. Remember the climate here after 9/11.
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