10.10.2007

Riddle me this...

I've been watching a TV show that I have named "Gundam Wing" First of all, it is amazing. The people who created this were geniuses. The show is so true to human nature it astounds me. If you haven't watched it, I recommend that you do. Anyway, it talks about the idea of Perfect Pacifism. First, lets talk about that. Perfect Pacifism, the idea that all weapons and cruel intentions can be swept away. There are some problems with this. One, is that in order to create Perfect Pacifism, you must either control or convince the people not to fight. Now it is human nature to fight, it is simply something that we can not control. So what if you couldn't convince the person, would you directly cause harm to cause them to stop their violence? Then you are going on your own ground on something that isn't right. So imagine if a person were to fully dictate the world and a sense of "Perfect Pacifism" is created. Then there are going to be the people who feel oppressed that something like this is occurring to them, and they are going to retaliate because they are being controlled by a dictatorship. This then leads to severe conflict within the two groups, which eventually leads to the idea again that if a group were to become powerful enough, they would be able to bring peace. Thus the idea is revolved over and over again until we destroy ourselves. I mean, look at the Iraqi war. What are the American troops right now doing? Trying to promote peace. But they aren't saying that people should throw away their guns, oh no, they are ordering that people throw away their guns. This can be understandable because troops could be under heavy pressure from the way and may feel threatened by the people who aren't their comrades. But then why did we go in the first place? All we are doing is repeated a bad history of violence, and the only person who can stop it, is almost in a directorship way. What's sad in all of this is that the only way I can create a blog and the only way I can say these things is because of the right that is given to me. Bush would be able to trample over me if the Constitution did not exist. So instead, he uses his "Action Executive powers" to allow the troops to stay in Iraq for a long enough time for congress, our only hope, to back him up. So now, we repeat history, and again, the United States will loose this war. It happened in Vietnam, it will happen again. Maybe we should kill all humans because it seems to me that we are a plague on this planet, and it seems ridiculous on how we feel the right to fight whenever it is unneeded. I will fight sometimes, but only when I am protecting something. What is Bush protecting right now? Tell me an adequate answer and I shall bow to you.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Iraq war is a bit more complicated than that.

Why are we there? To promote American interests. All the other "reasons" are bullshit, or tied to "American Interests". As they should be. E.G: We are in Iraq to Promote Democracy? Why: 1) Democracy's don't fight against each other traditionally 2) Democracy could stabilize the middle east limiting terrorism and securing oil resources

Sure we like Democracy because we think it's a good thing, but we don't start wars over that. We star t wars to protect American interests.

Now, the question is not so much why we are there. We are there now, that is a fixed cost. The question is 1) Should we remain, and what are the consequences if we stay or go at this point; and are those consequences in America's best interest.

There is no way to determine the future, therefore there is no sure way to determine the consequences. The Iraq war is an example of failed ideas with American intentions are their heart.

However, the theories that it was played out on failed. The theories were created a while ago by the Neo-Cons.. and some say September 11 gave them the tools and political power to try out those theories. Is it ethical to lie to the public, to promote what you think is a greater good? Well, if that "greater good" fails, it is easy to say no. But what if Iraq had succeeded... and Bush brought peace to the middle east. Would the reasons for the invasion still matter? And so rests the political problem of dirty hands. We want politicians who are ethical and honest, but also those who are willing to do what is in our best interests... but what if those two beliefs conflict? Do you go towards ethics or interests? What do the people want? What is the right thing? Hence the problem of "dirty hands" in politics.

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