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RE: People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night

in #discussion7 years ago

What about all the people that are losing sleep because there are rough-men doing violence to them

Hence the need for rough men to protect you.

Protection of and aggression to are two different things, not to be conflated.

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yup..and THAT was the whole point.
I'm glad you caught it.
so many didn't.

I understand the original point. Maybe it's because I'm not an American, so I don't see things in the same light as those that are -- but it seems to me that if a nations military forces are engaged in conflicts in other countries, then there's a pretty strong possibility that a large number of people would see the foreign military in their country as an aggressor. That's all I was trying to say -- no more no less.

There's no doubt in my mind that protection of things requires aggression to things, at times -- certainly not every time.

....but it seems to me that if a nations military forces are engaged in conflicts in other countries,

Yes this is aggression, not protection....

(I'm not a colonial either lol)

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