juju wrote:I realize we have this nice squeaky image to uphold but why have this daunting task been bestowed up on Canadians? We want nothing to do with war or do we?
I hate war and violence Juju. You have no idea how much I do.
What I hate even more is the idea of people or a group trying to force their will and beliefs upon others.
I am my brothers keeper.
Why? Because I can.
A hard upbringing forced me to learn how to look after myself by myself and that somehow instilled a belief and desire to also help those that are being abused by others.
I am not a Warmonger, just someone who believes in fighting to be free and never refusing a request for help from others.
I study war and politics so that my sons may study science and philosophy- John Adams ...
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart MillEnglish economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
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