Peacemongers and war

thankyougrandma

reborncareerist wrote:

I think the "peaceniks" ultimately fail because they do not propose much in the way of alternatives to warfare. Over the past little while, I have come to believe that military force is probably not the best and certainly not the only thing that must be done in response to radical Islam, or any other major threat, for that matter. Even military commanders are starting to argue that force, while necessary in certain situations, only fuels the fire, serving to make extremist views more attractive to young men (in particular). However, anti-war folks often fall into the trap of protesting violent action, condeming the powers that be, but NOT providing much in the way of alternative solutions. I think its clear that something needs to be done about extremism, or the world is doomed.

good post, i agree, i'm one of those who condemn power and not always have a solution, but as i once said, we're not all "professional" on that matter, we're just expressing some opinions, same for the hippies or the "peacenicks" or whatever.

This part of "not proposing many solutions" might be a result of a lack of leadership from those "peacenick". Most of the time in history where peace had a great leader, it showed/produced some great result...

sourdough

This is true of most protest movements whether they be about war, the environment etc. I get frustrated at times because, I think many of these act on emotion and have no logic towards their stances as far as foresight to bring about solutions. However they bring about a sense of idealism which may not be achievable but is good to strive for.

angelica

69charger wrote:

article wrote:

One of the many failings of our educational system is that it sends out into the world people who cannot tell rhetoric from reality. They have learned no systematic way to analyze ideas, derive their implications, and test those implications against hard facts.

This would seem to explain why there are so many conspiracy theorists on this board also

Hmmm....it seems to me that if the educational system is failing and sends people out into the world who cannot tell rhetoric from reality, that would refer to the masses.

And if would further seem to me that it makes sense that some people on the fringes of society would, for whatever reason, be so inclined to break through the rhetoric and have a realistic view that is obscured from the veiled masses.