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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
You would have preferred to allow Hitler to continue to enslave Europe, and exterminate millions more?
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Not sure how you read that back into what I wrote, especially since I never mentioned Hitler.
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" attributed to Edmund Burke. (Although the thought is similar to his writings, the quote is probably apocryphal.) Regardless, there is truth expressed in that quote.
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And I agree. Millions of Germans did nothing when Hitler came to power. Million of Austrians, French, British, etc did nothing to prevent him from doing what he did (none of it singlehandedly I might add).
The fallacy that you are assuming is that war is the answer after an abuse has grown to a certain stage. You might as well advocate the murder of an individual because of what he has become instead of recognizing the evils he was exposed to growing up. It's a bad solution way too late.
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Is the defense of the defenseless not something that we should do?
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Sure. But where is the verse that says "pick up your sword"?
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I find Biblical precedent for defending the defenseless. Don't you?
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I find Biblical precendent for pacifism. Don't you?