Topic: How 'bout that Pacifism, eh? (Read 9885 times)

Agent_Tachyon · « **on:** June 28, 2007, 12:33:07 PM »

I've recently been thinking a lot about Pacifism, and it seems to make a lot of sense in some situations, but not others. For example, it's pretty damn cool how Ghandi beat the British, but I can't help but think that if he was up against, say Nazi Germany, they'd have just wasted him and all his followers and gone right on through.

hackess · « **Reply #1 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:41:48 PM »

I don't know, it sure doesn't do much for my Civ4 game.

What?

Paladin · « **Reply #2 on:** June 28, 2007, 12:57:42 PM »

I am a pacifist, i truly am. The problem starts when the other guy isn't...

d_money · « **Reply #3 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:06:49 PM »

Quote from: Paladin on June 28, 2007, 12:57:42 PM

I am a pacifist, i truly am. The problem starts when the other guy isn't...

That's not when the problem starts, thats when your beliefs are put to the test.

Paladin · « **Reply #4 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:11:45 PM »

And teeth.

RelandR · « **Reply #5 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:14:20 PM »

Having your beliefs put to a test can be the beginning of a big problem.

Hitler would have bulldozed Ghandi.

Ghandi didn't "beat" the Brit's per se, public opinion and potential em-bare-ass-ment along with the growing tactical difficulties of maintaining the "Empire" frustrated them. Bowing out was the only intelligent option.

xolik · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:12:50 PM »

I'm a pacifist. You attack me and I pass a fist to your face.

INTERNET TOUGHGUY ITT

d_money · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:14:10 PM »

tuff guy eh?

xolik · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:15:00 PM »

Quote from: d_money on June 28, 2007, 03:14:10 PM

tuff guy eh?

OMG STFU

YUO = FAGG0RTZ

My avatar shows how utterly manly I am. Boxing, now there is a real sport! Two shirtless sweaty men in silk shorts fighting over a belt and a purse. None of that sissyass football crap for me.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:44:44 PM »

Purse?

12AX7 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:45:53 PM »

The winnings are called a purse. The money part.

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #11 on:** June 28, 2007, 03:48:08 PM »

Definition (Google it, I dare you!)

Several types of belief systems of principled rejection of violence. Pacifism is distinct from the technique of nonviolent action, which is usually applied as a practical way to act by people who are not pacifists. Pacifist belief systems, at a minimum, reject participation in all international or civil wars, or violent revolutions. Pacifists may support nonviolent struggle, or may oppose it on ethical grounds as too conflictual.

jeee · « **Reply #12 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:11:28 PM »

I am a pacifist on a personal level. Country wise it's a different thing.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #13 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:18:56 PM »

Quote from: 12AX7 on June 28, 2007, 03:45:53 PM

The winnings are called a purse. The money part.

CRAZY! You really do learn something every day.

MISTER MASSACRE · « **Reply #14 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:33:04 PM »

I do prefer "pacifist" to "coward," so yeah, I'm a pacifist.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #15 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:33:44 PM »

I'm going to Half Moon Bay on Saturday.

RelandR · « **Reply #16 on:** June 28, 2007, 06:50:51 PM »

A true Pacificist, on Saturdays at least.

Mankoi · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2007, 10:10:52 AM »

I am a pacifist. All the time. I will give someone an intellectual thrashing but physical violence is beneath me. Still a civil protest rally against a bad cause is quite fun.

Agent_Tachyon · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2007, 11:22:09 AM »

Black bloc here.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2007, 01:09:00 PM »

Quote from: Mankoi on August 14, 2007, 10:10:52 AM

I am a pacifist. All the time. I will give someone an intellectual thrashing but physical violence is beneath me. Still a civil protest rally against a bad cause is quite fun.

I appreciate the post, but the thread was a lil' old. I'm undecided on if I classify this as necromancy or not, but try not to raise posts that have been dead for more then a month.

Thanks.

xolik · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2007, 06:21:06 PM »

Quote from: Mankoi on August 14, 2007, 10:10:52 AM

I will give someone an intellectual thrashing but physical violence is beneath me.

Translation: I don't know the first thing about self defense and would get my ass handed to me if I ever took a swing at somebody, so I'll just take the high road and say I'm so much better than them then post on the internet about how I totally whipped his ass with my nth dregree black belt powers.

Trollin' ITT

Mankoi · « **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2007, 09:28:01 PM »

Sorry about the Necromancy. You know the thing about trolling is that it implies that the person trolling is a troll. I can't think of a better name for someone who insults strangers because of their morals and implies that their morals are a result of physical deficiency. Oh and one more thing: Only say that I am better then people when I am better then them. Please do not prove to me that I am better then you.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2007, 10:26:23 PM »

I'm going to be the farthest away from the Pacific next week that I've been since Boston back in December of '05. Then in September I'll be even farther. But I'll be the closest I've ever been to the Gulf of Mexico.

xolik · « **Reply #23 on:** August 14, 2007, 10:33:58 PM »

Quote from: Mankoi on August 14, 2007, 09:28:01 PM

You know the thing about trolling is that it implies that the person trolling is a troll.

Congratulations for knowing what a troll is, I guess. You have certainly proved your mental agility! Nothing gets by you.

Quote from: Mankoi on August 14, 2007, 09:28:01 PM

Oh and one more thing: Only say that I am better then people when I am better then them. Please do not prove to me that I am better then you.

Is this an example of the fierce "intellectual thrashing" of yours that you boast of so proudly? If so, please stop. I simply cannot handle such a thrashing of this magnitude. By the way, I'm sure an intellectual titan such of yourself knows the difference between 'then' and 'than' and was just being super ironic, right? Whoops! I guess I've proven that I'm better than you.

Needless flaming ITT. The trifecta is complete.

Mankoi · « **Reply #24 on:** August 14, 2007, 11:45:46 PM »

On the matter of my grammatical error I am afraid that I did not look to carefully at what changes I was making when my spell checker caught a typo. I would, or course, have given you a sounder thrashing if you had said anything even remotely intellectual. However all you have proven yourself to be is rude and boorish. Your need to insult random people for know reason would seem to be the result of deeper mental issues. Possibly you fear that you are inferior. Because of this I take comfort in the fact that no remark you make could possibly cause me any harm (Why would I care about what some philistine says online?) and my remarks have the potential to hurt you quite deeply. It would seem to me that you are quite doomed and it would be better for you to cut your losses and withdraw. I also suggest therapy.

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