Max Sawicky wrote: > Selective pacifism reflects confusion. > Consistent pacifism is not confused; it's just wrong. >
where is the confusion? if i state a theory and explicitly specify the outliers, would you call that confused? if i were to say "i am a pacifist in the sense that i oppose all use of violence except when used in self-defense in situations where there is a direct threat to my life and limb", would you a) disagree with my use of the word pacifist? or b) call my position confused? --ravi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- man is said to be a rational animal. i do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. more often i have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the 2nd degree. -- alasdair macintyre.