tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8452332323324712443..comments2024-03-29T10:24:20.171+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The stigmata of political correctness: pacifismBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32292889705452372182010-12-04T09:45:12.216+00:002010-12-04T09:45:12.216+00:00It is a potential trap for me to provide my (puny)...It is a potential trap for me to provide my (puny) insights: rather look at the most devout Christian societies: the Byzantine Empire is my prime exhibit - ringed for centuries by powerful and hostile ideological enemies, were *they* pacifists? <br /><br />Of course they weren't, nor were the Holy Fathers.<br /><br />Christian pacifism was (and is) a product of recent, puny and prideful partial-Christians in a degraded tradition; individuals who themselves lack holiness: why on earth should I take any notice of *their* arguments?Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-23624857546639080232010-12-04T05:39:53.207+00:002010-12-04T05:39:53.207+00:00I agree completely.
Please provide, if you would...I agree completely. <br /><br />Please provide, if you would not mind, your insights as to why Jesus was not a pacifist. The gutted denominations of Christianity assumes he was, as do the agnostic heirs of Christian civilization.xlbrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931950075332608449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-38392151175581477292010-12-04T04:38:44.714+00:002010-12-04T04:38:44.714+00:00Two sides of the same coin - near enough.Two sides of the same coin - near enough.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-78816217460102497042010-12-03T20:47:27.656+00:002010-12-03T20:47:27.656+00:00I saw the obituary in today's Times of the cha...I saw the obituary in today's Times of the chap who invented the Neutron Bomb. It remarked that the success of the public campaign of that wonderful anti-tank weapon was a great triumph for the Soviet Union and its manipulation of Western public opinion. How do you distinguish, within historical episodes, between the influence of PC and the influence of Moscow gold?deariemenoreply@blogger.com