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Mr. Forgot-it-All
- Jun 5, 2008
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Is there anything in life worse to be than an armchair chickenhawk?
Yes.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart Mill
Yeah?
How many battles do you suppose John Stuart Mill fought in?
Based on his bio, the anwer to that question is a big FAT ZERO.
JSM was a brilliant man, of course, but also he was of that class who never was asked to fight for the previleged class life he enjoyed.
Rich men tend to start wars that poor boys fight, folks.
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