by gerald » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:12 am
When two dogs fight over a bone the biggest or more cunning gets the bone. Victories are only temporary. Just peace? That is a laugh, when has there ever been a just peace?
Peace between two groups is only an interlude between wars, unless of course one side is eliminated, or absorbed and changed into something else. Or another party comes along and wipes out both groups. ( end of that two party conflict ) Think not? Take a look at the last few thousand years of history. Conflict is built into existence, be it human, plants, animals, forces of nature, etc. This may be unpalatable, but it is reality and it won't change.
As for a group having a "right" to a particular place in which to live, that is also a laugh. People have been migrating and fighting for living space since the neanderthals vs. the cro-magnon.
Who draws the line and where ? -- see above .
When two dogs fight over a bone the biggest or more cunning gets the bone. Victories are only temporary. Just peace? That is a laugh, when has there ever been a just peace?
Peace between two groups is only an interlude between wars, unless of course one side is eliminated, or absorbed and changed into something else. Or another party comes along and wipes out both groups. ( end of that two party conflict ) Think not? Take a look at the last few thousand years of history. Conflict is built into existence, be it human, plants, animals, forces of nature, etc. This may be unpalatable, but it is reality and it won't change.
As for a group having a "right" to a particular place in which to live, that is also a laugh. People have been migrating and fighting for living space since the neanderthals vs. the cro-magnon.
Who draws the line and where ? -- see above .