Re: CHAT: pacifism
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, December 19, 2003, 16:36 |
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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
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> > Can't think of any well-known example, but I've run across pacifists who do
> > not only condemn wars of conquest, preemptive attacks, armed humanitarian
> > interventions and the like, but also any form of violent self-defense.
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> Pretty close to my position (presumably I count as "well-known" around here).
> I don't fully condemn violent self-defense, but I wouldn't feel justified in
> using it myself, either.
Does raising one's voice count as violence? incivil language? or only
physical violence?
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Tristan
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