It's the dirty little thing no one wants to talk about. We SAY that it's NOT OK for kids to be killed...and for the most part, we all believe that. I know of no one who would actually work AGAINST such a concept as world peace...
But our actions lack the conviction and veracity of our claims. At the end of the day, some kids being killed in some far off thrid world ****hole country is "part of the plan", we're USED to it, we EXPECT it. So are therefor less outraged by it, or at the very least, less likely to actually DO anything about it. If the US wanted to, it could FORCE peace on every country on this planet. It would be "stop fighting or we kill all of you". This would be, of course, an ultimate act of tyranny. Because then we would have to arbitrate all the disputes, and provide finality to them. But that would end the fighting. We choose not to go down that road because are precepts of freedom, and our desire for popularity, would suffer as a result. And, I think we generally lack the will to do what WOULD be necessary to enact such a policy...So long as it's not OUR kids being killed...well, unless they're soldiers, but again, THAT is also "part of the plan". In essence, it's a form of self deception that allows anyone who has it significantly better than another to go about their day, and go on with their life fairly guilt free. Sure, sure, some might go to protests and rallies...sure, sure, some might vote for people who claim to be against war...sure, sure, some might give to charity. These are all just tithes supporting our self deception. I don't think there's very many protesters out their that TRULY believe in their hearts that their little protest will make any difference what so ever...I don't think there's very many voters who TRULY believe THEIR candidate of choice is really going to do anything much different than the previous fella...I don't think there are very many givers to charity who think THEIR 20 cents out of a dollar is really going to actually make a world changing difference...not really. These are just subversive means of assuaging a guilty conscience...because in the end, I think we ALL know that we have a power that can change the world, if we would but care enough to unite for a common cause, like, stop blowing up kids into splattered little pieces in some other country, or chopping off their arms, etc. United, 300,000,000 americans could do anything....literally, anything we wanted...if we but cared enough to unite.
Abortion is an entirely different animal, in that it causes a confrontation between the rights of one vs another. Where you fall on that line can be logically reasoned, regardless OF where, because it's based on a very simple opinion of who's and what rights trump the others.
