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INTERESTING TIMES, By Saul Singer: The fall of pacifism
Topic: Politics and Law 7:12 pm EST, Feb 28, 2003

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INTERESTING TIMES, By Saul Singer: The fall of pacifism

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Men can only be happy when
they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

George Orwell, Animal Farm, 1945

These are words to live by, if there ever were. But they are equally true regarding peace as they are about happiness. Peace, in a way, is a form of happiness; a positive state of being that paradoxically becomes more remote the more it is set up as an absolute.

There is a related paradox. The masterfully synchronized demonstrations last weekend seemed, particularly after the floundering of the anti-globalization movement, to be a show of strength for the "peace movement." In reality, this dramatic attempt to prevent the liberation of Iraq could end up being the greatest blow to pacifism since World War II.

INTERESTING TIMES, By Saul Singer: The fall of pacifism



 
 
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