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Old 05-28-2009, 10:24 AM   #19
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Re: Practical Peace

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Lynn Seiser wrote: View Post
Osu,
Agreed.
If you resort to violence, you are not longer the hero.
And none who have resorted to it would disagree. They wouldn't think of themselves as heros either.
The people they saved and protected might though, (but probably not).
Rei, Domo.
Maybe hero is a difficult term...
And I really don't want to come across as supporting violence (particularly when my purpose for this thread was discussing how peace is more practical in the long-term), but I would argue that a person forced to act with violence isn't necessarily un-heroic.

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