YKK Blog Post #9

There is a time for war. It comes, because people (whether they are in control or not) mess things up and become messed up too with all the hate, and the only solution seems to come from the violence of force. It seems to be inevitable - there are those who will never be willing to stop at peaceful compromises, who believe they will get their way if they push hard enough. They have to hash it out the hard way, and utterly selfishly too. When it does come, at some point in some form or another, it’s never ever ever morally right - how can robbing someone of life ever be a moral thing to do? the right thing to do, ever? But if sacrificing lives is what is necessary to prevent more lives from being snuffed out as well, then in a way it’s the lesser of the two evils. If willingly sacrificing one to keep another dozen safe, isn’t there some meaning there? Countries have a responsibility to go to war if their citizens are at imminent risk and otherwise face destruction. But there are more ways in which war leads to extreme destruction… People contain wells of bitterness because of war, which leads to more war. Alternatives, you ask? Negotiations and civil disobedience have proved so many victories, and as the human race materialistically progresses hopefully it’s nature will too. There will be more peaceful resolutions like there were Civil Rights Movements and Vietnam war protests. That’s hope.