(September 28, 2016 at 7:00 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(September 28, 2016 at 4:18 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Make the consequences for non-peaceful resolution too terrible to consider. If you want peace, prepare for war.
George Carlin Wrote:Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
Or, to be less flippant:
Bertrand Russell Wrote:Love is wise, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way — and if we are to live together and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.
If we fight war with war we're only going to destroy the world faster... and more brutally.
I think his point was not to engage in war -- on a personal level -- but rather, be strong enough emotionally to carry it through if need be.
'Tis better to leave shitty moments behind, no doubt. But when you have someone in your life who is bent on imposing their unhappiness on you, it's good to be strong enough to issue a slapdown and sail on, unconcerned.
