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Tom Brosz — (archived)

The people you describe are admirable. Not many people will walk the walk like this.

There are few people more courageous than a hard-line pacifist willing to go unarmed into a battle zone, or otherwise place themselves in danger, to help people. Quakers and others who enlisted in the military, or submitted to the draft when they could have easily gotten exempted on religious grounds, and then served as medics on the front lines, brought great honor to both themselves and their country.

This man is only one of many examples.

You could go back in history and find many more examples. Quakers who risked their lives on the Underground Railroad. The man standing alone in front of the tanks in China. I'm sure you can think of a lot more.

There are "pacifists" who are cowards. But there are a hell of a lot who are not.

I would like to think that most of the marchers were acting on such high moral principles, but I doubt it. Most seem to operate on a much more perceptive level.

P.S. Just out of curiosity, are these the same churchpeople who are trying to get evolution out of your schools? Or are they from more tolerant groups? It would be interesting to know how much crossover there is between these groups.

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