The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #77585   Message #1388276
Posted By: Jim Tailor
25-Jan-05 - 02:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: liberty, freedom, and violence
Subject: RE: BS: liberty, freedom, and violence
"War will never solve anything really. Hitler goes, we have Pol Pot or Saddam or Osama. War is a disease that breaks out periodically throughout the world and the only cure is peace (which entails justice)."

Interesting syllogism. Because another, unrelated war breaks out, the previous one is therefore, unjustified.

How rhetorically beautiful -- the "Peace cure", and how logically unfounded. And in this world of self-interested humans, by what means do you propose we maintain "justice"? And "justice" by whose definition?

So evil men will just lay down their arms when we offer them peace? What if that isn't what they want?

Martin Gibson may not have a very eloquent or gracious way with words, but when it comes to questioning the validity of the extreme left's logic, he may well have a point. This vapid peacenik rhetoric seems only to resonate with those who already accept it -- and not with a pragmatic world.

Have a nice day *BG*