I was disputing that pacifism equates with cowardice. Those who think so are clueless about courage. I was not arguing about intelligence here. In the face of the hostility that has been shown over Wayne's principled stand, I do not think that Wayne can be considered a coward. i may disagree with his take on pacifism, but I do respect it.
Kevin is simply being clueless about pacifism. On 12/16/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Then you have no clue. Was Ghandi a coward? How about Martin Luther > > King? It takes a hellof a lot more courage to be a pacifist than you > > realize. > > > > It can take a lot of courage to form a minority opinion, then stick with it > no matter what. > > But that doesn't lend that position any credence, or make it right, > intelligent, or realistic. Don't confuse courage with intelligence. There > are people in my home state of Kansas who have "courageously" defended their > minority position that intelligent design should be taught in public science > classes. Those religious nuts on the board have been called courageous by > the religious right in this state. > > Wayne's "violence is always wrong!" stance may be courageous, but it's > simply not practical. I wish it was. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188493 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
