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>I felt that way when I was called in for evaluation as a teenager. I am no pacifist. I definitely subscribe to the non-aggression principle, but a defensive w
by Kenji 10y ago
>I felt that way when I was called in for evaluation as a teenager.
I am no pacifist. I definitely subscribe to the non-aggression principle, but a defensive war is always justified. I'd die for certain things I believe in, too. I just wanna decide that for myself and serve when I want. How dare the state make this decision for me.
- trentmb 10y ago> but a defensive war is always justified Really? If a foreign power intervened in, say, ethnic cleansing, defense would be justified?
- Kenji 10y agoEthnic cleansing by itself violates the non-aggression principle, but nice try.
- zzzcpan 10y agoIt's all propaganda. Every war is based on this non-aggression principle and is a defensive war, offensive wars are long gone. If those in power want to fight a war on another country's soil, they simply invent a group of people they "need" to protect there, demonize the enemy and go to war there. Like Russia was "defending" russians in Georgia.
- Kenji 10y agoThat's why I go by my own definition of defensive war, and not the government's ;) And it's one more reason not to comply with conscription and sabotaging this authoritarian practice.
- zzzcpan 10y agoYou should also recognize, that as long as other states use this authoritarian practice, every state would have to use a similar practice to protect the order it imposes on people from other states. So, yeah, opposing a state is always a good idea. States are not your friends.