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What a nice discourse concerning the morals of pacifists and thier adversaries. I hope more people see through the vail of mis-understanding that obscures "pacifists" because of it?
I have some thoughts of my own...
I Agree: It is logic, not ego that dictates "if everyone were a pacifist we'd have no war".
But it's not that way, yet. Only an individual can freely choose non-violence. Until every individual chooses not to be violent, violence we will have. a person is not necessarily conditioned by expirience to have the degree of discipline and control over their emotions that enables someone to feel thier own violence but not share it towards another.(the action not the emotion, a fine line between anger and violence)
Its a mis-perseption that the moment you believe in and practice non-violence, that violence and anger just disappears. No, on the contrary. Every human being has violence and anger to manage. Human beings have violence to manage collectively, as well. Learning how to control and hold my own feelings from manifesting as violent actions, and channeling those feelings into constructive, conscience actions is central to why I call myself a pacifist and a better person than before. I really cant blame or judge people for thier nature, for it is my own as well, even if it happens to include violence.
It can be easy to be violent, but so difficult, sometimes, to be peacful.
"The difficult way for freedom is on the road to heaven, for we CAN have peace like heaven on earth."
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[This message has been edited by G'kar (edited 10-26-2001).]
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