At 07:11 PM 3/5/2003 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote:
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>John Giorgis wrote:
>>>Peace is well and good. Anyone here opposed to peace? Anyone?
>>I am!
>
>This has been nagging at me for a few days now. How do you resolve the
desire for war that seems to stem from your staunch Conservatism with the
Catholic Church's promotion of peace as one of its primary goals?
>
Because sometimes peace is another word for victory.
I view the Catholic Church's pacifism as a valuable brake upon public
discourse to ensure that war truly is the last resort. This is a perfect
role for the Church, since ultimately, it does not have responsibility for
the decisions.
I think that Catholic Church may even recognize that its pacfisim will
sometimes be wrong, but that nevertheless it is valuable to be pacifist
anyways.
Ultimately, I know that 5,000 Iraqi children die every month that we don't
do something in Iraq, to say nothing of those who will eventually die from
Hussein's weapons if we do not do something, so I know that the tough
choice has to be made.
And in the end..... this war will bring about peace.
JDG
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