Re: militarist
Daniel Mahanty (MAHANTYD@ojp.usdoj.gov)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:17:38 -0400
Mr. O'Connor said
>If you see the movie, and then re-read the story, it's virtually not
>possible to miss the connection.
Isn't that the truth.
Mr. Bowman said
>ALL of us who missed that lesson are half-men compared with
> those who have had their priorities clarified by living minute
> to minute with the possibility, or likelihood, of immediate
> dissolution.
Quite eloquently spoken;
Upon thinking about war, my youth ill-affords me much comment.
My pacifism comes only by virtue of the complete absurdity of War itself-
but it never exisits in a vacuum. There are always costs and benefits to
the destruction of tyranny. It is always difficult to determine in terms of
quantification or even qualification.
If only there were some mathematical equation into which all human
action could be fed to produce answers. (I figure, feed the equasion to
itself and realize pure evil.)
Just a thought.
Dan