Posted by AuntieMel on June 14, 2006, at 16:50:50
In reply to Re: Neccessary Wars » AuntieMel, posted by Declan on June 14, 2006, at 14:02:20
I think it's saying that if you really care about something, and you are educated in it, you probably don't have to resort to violence to get a good outcome.
The third sentance says a lot.Sometimes people find themselves in a war - and can't figure out why. Those people need to, in their own minds, find that meaning, that cause.
I think WWI was one of those. Didn't it start when an archbishop was assasinated?
But I'm not so sure that Adolf really was worried so much about past harms as he was *using* the past harms and the League of Nations to get power.
Not that the country wasn't a mess after WWI. Inflation was rampant, times were hard. And worse, they felt humiliated. The people of Germany were ripe for someone like Adolf to come along.
There's a lot to be learned from history.
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