War Philosophy

[Archer 007]

Look at cgannon64's post for my position.

 

[Benderino]

Originally posted by carlosMM
war is the continuation of politics with other means. War is the last resort, and sometimes necessary. It takes only ONE to fight, not two, and you have such a one then you msut fight back.

Correct, war is just an extension of the diplomatic process...an option that should never be closed, just like peace.

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by bobgote

If you war without a reason, you are beyond a warmonger. you'd be psychotic.

Listen, I am against any aggressive War so that makes me a Peacemonger

 

[eyrei]

I consider war the quickest way to unify the human race. Therefore, if applied correctly, I believe it to be a necessary evil. Remember, the Klackons don't have the divisiveness problems we do.

 

[bobgote]

Originally posted by CivGeneral
Listen, I am against any aggressive War so that makes me a Peacemonger

well depends. it's all very subjective since peacemonger isn't exactly a word at all.

and since i would imagine a peacemonger to be the opposite of a warmonger, i would say that they would be advocating peace at all times.

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by bobgote

well depends. it's all very subjective since peacemonger isn't exactly a word at all.

Well Peacemonger is a Pacifist. So in reality I am a Pacifist.

 

[CenturionV]

I don't think any of those really fit for me, sure peace is great but not at any cost, on the other hand war should only be used when appropriate to the circumstances. In the end however I want peace so I'm a "peacemonger" but that peace can not be a false one, made up by pretended understanding and tolerationism, it has to be a real peace based on unity of belief.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Originally posted by luiz
With this I can't. If you think about it, even during the Cuban Missile Crisis the chance of a nuclear war was really small. In the rest of the Cold War it was nearly non-existent. It' human nature not to take an action that would lead to your own destruction. I would rather have 10 nuclear races then to have the horror of dozen of millions killed in a new WW2

There were quite a few close calls. In fact, nuclear holocaust was averted by the quick thinking of a handful of individuals, as well as by blind luck. The very prospect of the end of civilisation, and death to 99% of all humans, along with human civilisation make the nuclear arms race infinately more scary than a non-nuclear world war.

 

[polymath]

As a ruler, I would be aggressively neutral...fair and balanced, whilst more than ready to smite those who transgress. I would certainly view having an army as a major priority, put it that way. I'm definitely not Ghandi. Churchill would be a good model for me.

 

[Tassadar]

According to human nature, if a group of poeple is pacifist then another one will conquier them and control them, that s why i hate human nature.

Where is the option ? i am not born on the right planet.

 

[WickedSmurf]

Neutral. I'm Swedish.

 

[Eklektikos]

Personally I think that the question here is far too simplistic. I am not consistently pro-war, anti-war or neutral, since every situation is different enough to make a farce out of any attempt to have a general "one size fits all" policy on the issue of whether military action is appropriate or not.

 

[carlosMM]

Originally posted by YNCS
As someone who spent 20 years in the military, I guess I fall into the Warmonger faction.

not every warrior is a warmonger.........

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

Originally posted by Mario Feldberg
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" ~ Plato

Life is war. There's no peace in this world. Ok, that was the philosophical answer. Now the realpolitik one. I'm a warmonger, always was. I'm not afraid of military violence and I'm willing to use/support it if I think it's in my interest. Maybe that's because of heritage. Both my grandfather and my father were pro (lifetime) soldiers. I don't think that war is per-definition a bad thing. A bad peace can cause ten times more death, destruction and suffering than a good war (that doesn't mean that all wars are good of course).

I'm also a warwonger in everyday life. I don't search for harmony, don't want to be everyone's darling, compromise all the time. etc. I prefer doing what I want and think is right.

Well stated. I agree with you.