I'm with Willie-O here: "the scenario is too artificial for me to take it seriously" - although it is clear that many others don't have that sense in regard to this perceived artificiality, and there doesn't seem to be any resolving that one - either you find it convincing or you don't, apparently ...

I agree with McGrath in regard to the "fist-fighting pacifism" ...

And I disagree with Garnet, if he thinks (or thought) that being a conscientious objector means that you won't take a stand. To my mind, it means exactly the opposite.