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Ciel
Very true. Thanks.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 8, 2006 at 2:19 AM
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It is an essential debate, Avant-garde, and Blanche--
It is also essential to know what we are talking about: to define our terms.
What is it we are talking about? What is war? What is peace? These are catch-all terms, shortcuts that make it easy to assume we all mean the same thing by them. I think some of the frustration that arises in conversations like this does not come from truly differing points of view, but from not sorting out the vocabulary of the conversation to begin with.
posted by
Ciel
on December 7, 2006 at 5:58 PM
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Ciel
Thanks a bunch for commenting in this manner. I think we have a tendency to look at what is immediately beneficial, when it only benefits part of the people involved. I think we will see a time when war will be seen for its inefficacy and we will reside in relative peace.
posted by
avant-garde
on December 7, 2006 at 1:22 PM
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Here is my response, Ciel, I mean no disrespect, I am defending my ideas
http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Comments.aspx/425468
posted by
Blanche.
on December 7, 2006 at 12:37 PM
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