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Skybird · 06-13-09, 05:57 PM

War and peace are two totally different states of the human world, and both have very different sets of morality, with only partial overlaps. What is moral in one, may be immoral in the other. You can't use morals of peace to judge a state of war and to decide what you need to do next in that war. Morals of war obviously cannot be used to describe a state of peace, and would even destroy it.

Where this is not understood, only confusion results. Sometimes self-tormenting, existential confusion, leading to depression, mental suffering, self-destruction and suicide.

To keep that effectiveness-thing into perspective a bit.

06-13-09, 05:57 PM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,800 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	War and peace are two totally different states of the human world, and both have very different sets of morality, with only partial overlaps. What is moral in one, may be immoral in the other. You can't use morals of peace to judge a state of war and to decide what you need to do next in that war. Morals of war obviously cannot be used to describe a state of peace, and would even destroy it. Where this is not understood, only confusion results. Sometimes self-tormenting, existential confusion, leading to depression, mental suffering, self-destruction and suicide. To keep that effectiveness-thing into perspective a bit. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.