The endless cycle of violence

[Toby G Levy]

The mighty quail writes:
> Toby writes,
> >And to me a life is a life.  A person dying of starvation in 
Afghanistan
> >is just as indefensible as a person dying in the World Trade  Center.
> 
> Then I assume the Taliban dead are also as indefensible? From your 
> statement above, ultimate pacifism could be the only conclusion -- a 
> pure Christian sort of inaction that refuses at all cost to take a 
> life. Is that what you are saying? Or do you only mean "innocent" 
> lives? I am honestly "just curious."


Are you certain that the only alternative to military action is  "a pure
Christian sort of inaction" ???

In response to racist bombings of churches resulting in the deaths of
children, Martin Luther King broke the endless cycle of violence with a
principled nonviolent response that wrought great changes in our society.

I am certainly not espousing "inaction." I am saying that our response to
criminal activity is to bring the pressure of world anti-crime policing
to bring the criminals to justice without  afflicting the innocent in the
process.  Isn't that what OUR justice system is all about?  And I don't
know if this fits the "pacifist profile" but I have always been in favor
of life imprisonment with hard labor over capital punishment.

Toby
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