Posted by special_k on March 29, 2006, at 21:09:40
In reply to Not specific to any war but » special_k, posted by wildcard11 on March 29, 2006, at 18:52:59
> would you support any troops?
um...
i think peaceful alternatives should be exhausted first.
i think... there must be another way.
i don't know that i would... though i guess if someone invaded my country then self defence. i'd support people fighting in self defence. yeah.
it is a hard one.
my grandfather was a pacifist. caused a fair few problems in the family i think. he was a methodist minister. he harbored men who didn't want to fight (because they were pacifists) in the second world war. that is fighting against hitler. he was imprisoned for doing that. kicked out of the church. apparantly that is when he became very bitter... at how god could let that happen to him when he believed he was doing gods will.
a lot of people struggled with his stance on that. because most people think that was a just war if any war was.
but i guess his stance was that people shouldnt be MADE to fight. i agree with that.
would i have supported teh troops fighting against hitler?
depends what you mean by 'supporting' the troops i guess.
i think hitler needed to be stopped yes.
but then civilians were bombed in the name of stopping hitler. i don't support the bombing of civilians...
so it is a hard one.
i guess i don't support violence.
hard to say...
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