Well, yes, I know all that, but Hitler wasn't a force of nature, he was a person, and people made choices to put him where he could do all that horrendous damage. It became necessary for lives to be cut short and families ripped apart on both sides because of those choices.
I can get just as emotional as anyone about the victims of human cruelty, but we all have the choice not to be cruel. In that sense, I wonder if anyone can name a war that was "necessary" from its outset.
The trick (and it's not an easy one, but who said it had to be?) is to know when you're putting in power a person who will cause a war, and not to do it.
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Date: 2004-11-12 06:38 am (UTC)I can get just as emotional as anyone about the victims of human cruelty, but we all have the choice not to be cruel. In that sense, I wonder if anyone can name a war that was "necessary" from its outset.
The trick (and it's not an easy one, but who said it had to be?) is to know when you're putting in power a person who will cause a war, and not to do it.