Reply #108: I hope you don't think

[G_j]

you have said anything that I haven't heard a thousand times before.

The argument is very old, tired.. worn. It has not done much more than escalate destruction, violence and misery in this world and darken the futures of the world's children.
The human race cannot survive very far into this next millennium and entertain the fantasy that war is a viable option. If we don't turn the page on primitive patterns we will perish.

You are like the carpenter with only a hammer. Every problem looks like a nail to you.

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I want to say one other challenge that we face is simply that we must find an alternative to war and bloodshed. Anyone who feels, and there are still a lot of people who feel that way, that war can solve the social problems facing mankind is sleeping through a great revolution. President Kennedy said on one occasion, "Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." The world must hear this. I pray to God that America will hear this before it is too late, because today we’re fighting a war."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."

Martin Luther King, Jr.