There is no honor in "peace" while Evil flourishes, correct?

Question

Hey all you pacifists, peacemongers and anti-war'tards:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"
- Edmund Burke

Answer 1

i'm all for war.

when do we invade saudi arabia - i'd be behind that 100%

Answer 2

There is no honor in humanity, at peace or at war. Still evil cannot triumph because it cannot exist without good for it to corrupt. If you cannot understand that it is wrong to kill people, and that the honor attached to being a soldier stems from the service to God, country and there fellow men, then the discussion with "pacifists, Peace mongers and anti-wartards" is so much noise.

Answer 3

No. I don't agree.

Evil is a matter of morality, which arises from religion.

Someone can be called evil and immoral for walking around naked, or refusing to worship the same god you do, or being polygamous.

Evil, by most religious definitions, has nothing to do with whether someone is actually dangerous, or whether they are likely to actually harm anyone else in any measurable sense.

In fact, by the mindset of religions that consider themselves the One True Way ™ -- anyone who doesn't follow that religion is evil, and can be shunned or destroyed.

So, yes, by not destroying what we don't like, we allow it to survive. And by not limiting it, we allow it to spread.

But "peace" has nothing to do with "evil" as that term is defined in most religions. And as long as those around you are not causing actual harm to anyone else, there is great honor is not attacking them just because you don't like them.

Answer 4

well, then, let's put you on the front.

I thought so.

Have you read All Quiet on the Western Front? You would reconsider your naive words.

Answer 5

Yes that's why we need an activist Congress.

Answer 6

Agree.

Answer 7

Ones mans terrorist is another mans hero.
Evil is relative.

Answer 8

you are all over the place...

Peace!!

Answer 9

i must say you are right