And you don't think violence can be used for moral purposes?tapaticmadness wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:49 am I am not a moralist. I think violence, both physical and intellectual, is right at the heart of who and what we are and it cannot be erased.
Moralism does not mandate pacifism. Numerous sentiments to the contrary follow...
Might makes right.
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Unknown wrote: You can’t truly call yourself “peaceful” unless you are capable of great violence.
If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful, you’re harmless.
Important distinction.
Thucydides wrote: A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.