Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

I couldn't have put it better myself!

Original date: Tue Oct 9 21:08:46 EST 2001
I know this makes me unpopular at the moment (as evidenced by the fact that i got shouted down at the dinner table last night by members of my extended family), but the U.S. war on Afghanistan is an exercise in futility. See the Nowar Collective, and especially the articles Five Arguments against War and September 11 FAQ for some good sane arguments as to why the U.S. is in the wrong for making these attacks.

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.