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Well, if it is immature to want to avoid war and conflict, call me a baby.
If it is myopic to wish to avoid conflict where possible, pass me my glasses.
If it is delusional to strive to avoid unnecessary wars, then I'm a fish.
Good natured sarcasm intended. Not the nasty kind... :-)
Seriously though, if we look at society and even civilization's slow and inexorable development over the ages, some common themes are apparent. One is the gradual decrease in barbarity and suffering.
1000 years ago, things happened every day that we would turn pale at even witnessing.
200 years ago, Europe engaged in the first true world war, and a great nation was born out of a barbarous revolution.
Less than 100 years ago, Europe and America marched into another world war celebrating the pomp and circumstance of the whole idea.
50 years ago, the world reluctantly went to war with institutionalized evil (in the name of National Socialism).
20 years ago, America went to war in Vietnam for dubious reasons (at least to a significant proportion of the US population).
The general theme is that society, as it evolves (and by definition it is evolution), is becoming less willing to embroil itself in large-scale wars and massive loss of human life.
How could this NOT be a good thing?!!
Mr Mephisto
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