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| − | There is something so disturbingly tragic in this idea of the wealthiest country in the world bombing one of the poorest countries. It reminds me of the well-known joke about the idiot who loses a key in the dark and looks for it beneath the light. When asked why, he says: 'I know I lost it over there, but it's easier to look for it here.' | + | There is something so disturbingly [[tragic]] in this [[idea]] of the wealthiest country in the [[world]] bombing one of the poorest countries. It reminds me of the well-known [[joke]] [[about]] the idiot who loses a key in the dark and looks for it beneath the light. When asked why, he says: 'I [[know]] I lost it over there, but it's easier to look for it here.' |
| − | But at the same time I must confess that the left also deeply disappointed me. Falling back into this safe pacifist attitude — violence never stops violence, give peace a chance — is abstract and doesn't work here. First, because this is not a universal rule. I always ask my leftist friends who repeat that mantra: What would you have said in 1941 with Hitler. Would you also say: 'We shouldn't resist, because violence never helps?' It is simply a fact that at some point you have to fight. You have to return violence with violence. The problem is not that for me, but that this war can never be a solution. | + | But at the same [[time]] I must confess that the [[left]] also deeply disappointed me. Falling back into this safe pacifist attitude — [[violence]] never stops violence, give peace a [[chance]] — is abstract and doesn't [[work]] here. First, because this is not a [[universal]] rule. I always ask my [[leftist]] friends who [[repeat]] that mantra: What would you have said in 1941 with [[Hitler]]. Would you also say: 'We shouldn't resist, because violence never helps?' It is simply a fact that at some point you have to fight. You have to [[return]] violence with violence. The problem is not that for me, but that this war can never be a solution. |
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Latest revision as of 03:18, 21 May 2019
Freudian Dictionary
Anything that encourages the growth of emotional ties between men must operate against war.[1]
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There is something so disturbingly tragic in this idea of the wealthiest country in the world bombing one of the poorest countries. It reminds me of the well-known joke about the idiot who loses a key in the dark and looks for it beneath the light. When asked why, he says: 'I know I lost it over there, but it's easier to look for it here.'
But at the same time I must confess that the left also deeply disappointed me. Falling back into this safe pacifist attitude — violence never stops violence, give peace a chance — is abstract and doesn't work here. First, because this is not a universal rule. I always ask my leftist friends who repeat that mantra: What would you have said in 1941 with Hitler. Would you also say: 'We shouldn't resist, because violence never helps?' It is simply a fact that at some point you have to fight. You have to return violence with violence. The problem is not that for me, but that this war can never be a solution.
