[ ... ] just war. It's been possible for politicians and movie-makers to encourage us we're always good guys. The Second World War absolutely had to be ... more
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"The arts put man at the center of the universe" or the very best bits from Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
@ 2012-08-20 – 22:17:43
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Can the admiration of violence breed more violence?
@ 2012-08-11 – 20:03:12
[ ... ] that war. However, there should no reason for jubilation and festivities when we remember their deeds, but time for sorrowful reflection on the evil ... more -
"These men have replaced mind with platitude" or the very best pieces by C. Wright Mills
@ 2012-07-09 – 17:52:00
[ ... ] at war with its blessings, and recruits from among its officials the chaplain, who in military costume counsels and consoles and stiffens the ... more -
"There is no cure for birth and death" or the very best bits from George Santayana
@ 2012-03-24 – 20:07:45
[ ... ] call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love. - George Santayana in "The Life of Reason" Vol. II, Reason in ... more -
What did Bertrand Russell believe in?
@ 2012-03-04 – 07:25:53
[ ... ] to war and violence in all forms. "This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one ... more -
Is stubbornness in war a virtue or a major sin?
@ 2011-11-01 – 23:50:34
For me, the greatest military and political leaders are those who have won battles and wars with cunning and strategy or who have avoided war altogether. … more -
"Man is free at the instant he wants to be" or the very best bits from Voltaire
@ 2011-07-07 – 02:53:58
[ ... ] at war." - Voltaire in letter to Jeanne-Grāce Bosc du Bouchet, comtesse d'Argental (1748) To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with ... more -
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" or some great thoughts on war and peace
@ 2011-03-16 – 21:45:18
Of course, it's tempting to close one's eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war in some possible animal instinct. As if, like … more -
'Breathing the common air' or the very best bits from Arthur Koestler
@ 2011-03-05 – 12:14:46
[ ... ] War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to ... more -
"Whom they have injured they also hate." (or The Very Best Bits from Seneca The Younger)
@ 2010-12-21 – 22:01:56
[ ... ] of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? There are no limits to our greed, none to our cruelty. And as long as such crimes ... more
