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Re: CHAT: pacifism

From:Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>
Date:Friday, December 19, 2003, 16:51
Quoting Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote: > > > Andreas Johansson scripsit: > > > > > 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. > > > > 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?
Can't speak for John, but I was chiefly thinking of self-defense on the state level; violent resistance to armed invasion, essentially. Andreas