It’s just that on-the-ground reality is much more complicated than theological or philosophical concepts which too often tend to be intellectual, theoretical and simplistic.
I’m struggling with how to respond and maybe someone else has some guidance. Reality can be pretty ugly, with the line between “right” and “wrong” being quite blurred.
I agreed with the pacifist approach of the CW until the Ukraine war. It’s easy to be a pacifist when you’re thousands of miles away on a quiet farm or even a busy house not threatened by bombs, drones, missiles or armies. Should the Ukrainian people just abandon their homes and businesses and flee, not fighting back? Should they just let the Russians grab their land and encourage Putin to invade Poland, Estonia, or any other neighboring country? No one but madmen like Putin wants war and I don’t like to see millions of dollars spent on military hardware like bombs, missiles and tanks but I see little choice.
Hi Kevin. I appreciate your sentiments...I have a child adopted from Ukraine, and have been working to resettle Ukrainian refugee families, all of whom have friends and relatives back home. How would you feel about me dropping your comment into the next issue and soliciting thoughtful responses? Alternatively, I could open a chat here on Substack and invite people to reply there. I think you would get some thoughtful responses.
“No one but madmen like Putin wants war and I don’t like to see millions of dollars spent on military hardware like bombs, missiles and tanks but I see little choice.”
It seems to me that the choice is to tolerate a form of slavery for a while using nonviolent methods to resist at times.
It’s just that on-the-ground reality is much more complicated than theological or philosophical concepts which too often tend to be intellectual, theoretical and simplistic.
I’m struggling with how to respond and maybe someone else has some guidance. Reality can be pretty ugly, with the line between “right” and “wrong” being quite blurred.
I agreed with the pacifist approach of the CW until the Ukraine war. It’s easy to be a pacifist when you’re thousands of miles away on a quiet farm or even a busy house not threatened by bombs, drones, missiles or armies. Should the Ukrainian people just abandon their homes and businesses and flee, not fighting back? Should they just let the Russians grab their land and encourage Putin to invade Poland, Estonia, or any other neighboring country? No one but madmen like Putin wants war and I don’t like to see millions of dollars spent on military hardware like bombs, missiles and tanks but I see little choice.
That would be fine. Sorry for the lateness in responding. I don’t look at Substack very often.
It would make a good discussion
Hi Kevin. I appreciate your sentiments...I have a child adopted from Ukraine, and have been working to resettle Ukrainian refugee families, all of whom have friends and relatives back home. How would you feel about me dropping your comment into the next issue and soliciting thoughtful responses? Alternatively, I could open a chat here on Substack and invite people to reply there. I think you would get some thoughtful responses.
Should we continue to allow Genocide Joe's expansion of NATO (which provoked this war in ukraine)?
Dear Kevin,
“No one but madmen like Putin wants war and I don’t like to see millions of dollars spent on military hardware like bombs, missiles and tanks but I see little choice.”
It seems to me that the choice is to tolerate a form of slavery for a while using nonviolent methods to resist at times.