Phil Enns wrote:
Lump me in. Even though I'm one of the few people on this list who can say he's (probably) killed people in a war, I think that wars are always failures of both societies involved. There are almost always more difficult, more demanding ways to end conflicts than with war. I sincerely believe it is possible to do so, however, in most cases, and the failures to do so I count as in part a personal failure to make enough impact on my society to help it do so.Lawrence Helm wrote:
"I know of three people who seem to claim to be or give evidence of being true pacifists: Phil Enns, Austin Meredith, and Mike Geary."
I haven't a clue what a 'true' pacifist is, but I doubt I would qualify as one. Given that violence comes in so many different shapes and forms, I am not at all certain that it is possible to articulate a 'true' pacifist position, much less live it. I hold pacifist beliefs but these beliefs are nuanced and not anything like your account of pacifism, which seems to me to be fairly obviously a caricature. Furthermore, I doubt the Skipper would want to be lumped into the same category as me.
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