Reply #64: You do not understand the nature of dictatorships. [View All]

[GreenStormCloud]

Your assumption is that the populace in a dictatorship has the freedom to refuse to go to war. They don't. In a dictatorship, the dictator controls the media, and the populace is told only what the dictator pleases. The people are rigidly controled in a totalitarian dictatorship.

In a democracy, the people have freedom of information, and are able to be well informed. The people can refuse to support a war.

You are wrong when you say it takes two to fight. You can refuse to fight and get the daylights kicked out of you by a violent human predator. Telling him that you are a pacifist and will refuse to fight him will not make a difference to him.

In the modern history of the world, it is exceedingly rare for democracies to go to war against each other. The populace just won't sit still for it.

In almost all wars, at least one of the sides, if not both, has a dictator in charge.

If you really want world peace, then you need to have a mature democracy in every country, with a literate population and women having the right to vote.

The analogy was not twisted. Sheep are pacifists and wolves eat them. That is what happens to pacifists.

I carry a concealed handgun every day. Not because I want to shoot anybody, but because I refuse to be a compliant, easy, victim. What would you do if your home were violently invaded by armed intruders? Remember, if you call the police, you are calling someone else to do violence on your behalf.