pacifism

If pacifism is to be the answer in response to this threat, then that simply means that defense will have to come by different means, i.e.

Probably a combination of wide-scale drugging and relentless propaganda emphasizing pacifism, loyalty, and duty to the state.

Extreme pacifism just leads to bully nations like Russia taking over other nations with absolutely no intervention.

There are other movements that address other problems with the world (pacifism, labor rights, and more).

The far left's obsession with pacifism and the far right's obsession with isolationism are just impractical.

One difficulty, not just here but with pacifism in general, is the asymmetry of violence.

Ignoring absolute pacifism (which has obvious problems), opposition to the military (and the military-industrial complex) is a valid political position to hold.

You can blame what you want on western influence, but the truth is - and you'll know this if you've lived with Arabs - that they don't subscribe to western ideals of pacifism and anti-violence.

Also, if pacifism is left-wing, then the Obama administration is certainly not left-wing or anything close to it, since he has repeatedly authorized military action.

You can't win through pacifism because of modern anti-protestor technology.

Example, if your philosophy is absolute pacifism, there is nothing but the good will of your neighbors preventing them from annihilating you and taking your stuff.

And if I hurt someone I'll basically remember it forever, so I'm predisposed towards pacifism even at my most hyped up and aggressive.

Of course, pacifism was never taken all that seriously to begin with, so it's safe for us to simply say "you're lying about being a pacifist." We feel a bit more constrained telling someone they're lying about their status as a Christian or a socialist.

”Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing … You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother … Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.” With "Their Satanic music" it's not hard to infer that there is a religious influence, though it's only one of many influences in that quote.

Pacifism works if everyone in the world is a pacifist.

By then he had been jailed for Pacifism, written Principia Mathematics, and been Wittgenstein's doctoral advisor.

Pacifism sounds good until it's your sister getting raped in your living room or your parents being shot out of the sky.