Tag: just war
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Terms of War: Just War
Make sure you know the rules of engagement before reading on… Anecdote or from adherents to Just War: “There has never been a just [war], never an honorable one–on the part of the instigator of the war. I can see a million years ahead, and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen…
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Terms of War: The Rules of Our Upcoming Engagement
As an amateur linguist, etymologist, and philologist, I care about the origins and meanings of words. Some say, “every word was once a poem,” and that’s a piece of how I feel, but mostly I care about words because I believe them to be living things, organisms tethered to the very life of humanity. No…