Oh dear. I'm afraid I've just posted to the same effect (almost: I think there's one declared pacifist here). Sorry. > challenging a deaf horse :) Judy Evans, Cardiff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:18 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: On the prospect of World Peace > Lawrence wrote: > > > What say ye pacifists? Are you ready to reform? What say ye? > > As far as I know there are no true pacifists on this list. To be generally > opposed to war as a solution to human problems that arguably could be > solved by > other means is not pacifism, and to believe that it isn't logically impossible > that human beings should live in a state of peace is not pacifism. You're > challenging a deaf horse, I think. > > Robert Paul > Reed College ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html