Firstly, pacifism doesn't equal doing nothing. There are a great many things you can do without killing people. And also - we have never given pacifism a full chance - in bad international situations people resort to war, whether sooner or later. People may get killed if a country took a pacifist stance, yes, but would it be any more than would be killed in a war? And even if a country was taken over, if the victim country did not use force, why would the aggressor have to do so? If laws/government then attempted to oppress the people of the victim country - could people not just DISAGREE with the laws? Not obey them? Even the stupidest government would realise eventually that people won't go along with their plans. I think in the long term, pacifism would cause a lot less deaths.
2007-02-24
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