[Peace-discuss] War crime

[Morton K. Brussel]

I guess I must respond to your questions (below). I have in mind a  
saying that goes like: "the pessimism of the mind, but the optimism  
of the heart". The idea here is that with a heart, one can move  
forward to do what one can do in spite of recognized obstacles.

As for the world, it is not all irrational, as you seem to imply, or  
perhaps not irrational at all; there are always reasons… which one  
may not understand. This is an axiom of science.

--mkb

On Sep 27, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Laurie at advancenet.net wrote:

> So, according to the implications of what you state, there is a non- 
> destructive pessimism.  I would appreciate it if you could  
> illustrate each for me and note what distinguishes them.  If one’s  
> experiences suggest that people are not totally honest or sincere a  
> majority or even a high proportion of the time, I think it is  
> justifiable to not allow for honesty and sincerity on their part as  
> a working premise; therefore cynicism is justifiable and  
> reasonable.  When one lives in an irrational world isn’t it  
> rational to be irrational?  But cynicism can be applied to things  
> other than people.  I can be cynical about experiences,  
> appearances, behaviors, policies, etc. independent of what I think  
> about the actors or people involved.

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