It makes me wonder if there is anything there or if it's just constant posturing for the last few generations - that's probably what pisses me off the most. I think I've met one actual pacifist in my life - nice enough guy, just bizarre. Way too smart for his own good and the mental gymnastics he had to go through to defend his position were worth the price of admission alone. He's a political science prof though so we should probably cut him some slack.
The thing is, he actually believed it and I never saw him waver. I had to respect that and he has never disrespected the military in any way in all the time I've known him. He just wants nothing to do with violence (I know, I know, and it was fun to watch him get more and more frustrated in a classroom full of military personnel and right-leaners.
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