[Peace-discuss] binary criterion of war/not war
Stuart Levy
slevy at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Sun Jul 19 13:13:32 CDT 2009
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:02:56AM -0700, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> "Small" doesn't preclude internal warring, often among the bloodiest, cruelest, and longest of conflicts...
Yes, that's very true.
Also, peace shouldn't simply be a lack of violent warfare.
(I don't expect this to be a controversial position, just
pointing it out.) Economic compulsion can cause wholesale
destruction too.
> --- On Fri, 7/17/09, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] binary criterion of war/not war
> To: "Peace-discuss List" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Date: Friday, July 17, 2009, 8:26 PM
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> > wake me up when one of you figures out a better system of government, in
> > terms of your ONE stupid binary criterion of war/not war.
>
> This does bring up an interesting question. I don't think that the
> type of government has much to do with whether a country will go to
> war.
>
> What does make a difference?
>
> I suppose smaller, less powerful countries tend not to declare war on
> their big, powerful neighbors [there are notable exceptions to this
> rule]. But in order to have small countries, large powerful countries
> would also need to exist and the big powerful countries would be
> tempted to create empires.
>
> I suppose that a country made up entirely of Quakers and Mennonites
> would not start a war. But I don't think religion is a good way to
> separate people into countries. [Though I have noticed that Mormon
> children consistently share their toys the most readily of all the
> children I have observed.]
>
> I suppose that if all the countries were on equal footing with regards
> to resources and access to the basic needs, then there would be less
> temptation to go to war.
>
> I think that every 7 years, everything needs to be re-distributed equally.
>
> -karen medina
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