Comments on: Nukes Are Always Bad News

By: lars_viggo

lars_viggo — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:14:00 +0000

Hey, I posted something yesterday that I would like your honest appraisal of. Cool?

By: shertzaik

shertzaik — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:16:00 +0000

You rock!! How comes more people don’t have your mindset? Your right on with us trying to tell the world they can’t have nuclear weapons. Besides, aren’t we the only ones to actually use one, or should I say two? Shalom.

By: bsirvio

bsirvio — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:56:00 +0000

Two things: 1) it is disingenuous for us to think of Jesus as this radical pacifist, especially since he is fond of raising hell in Antiquity’s social system. Everyone loves to tow the Jesus = peace line, but even he says that he didn’t show up to bring peace, but a sword. [pph. Mt 10] It is foolish to think that the absence of war automatically equals peace. Jesus’ point was far more nuanced than people will admit. Exposition will lend itself less to bumper-sticker opinions. The politics and piety are secondary to the reconciliation; as I have said before, justice in the heart brings justice in the world, and these two are inexorably linked.

2) MLK was beginning to shed his non-violent paradigm and began planning militant action a la the Nation of Islam/Black Panthers. While Malcolm X went from being militant to more concerned with people’s hearts, King was trending the exact opposite way. Some say this is why he was assassinated, and I by no means justify his killing. But King, who philandered and was beginning to acquire a taste for blood, should not be the patron saint of pacifism. In short, he’s more like Seneca than Stephen.

By: Eccentrique

Eccentrique — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:57:00 +0000

PB raises a very valid question. The United Nations and world agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol and the various arms reduction agreements are probably the best way to go, but they depend on everyone doing their part. The U.S. is currently one of the nations not doing its part.

One correction, though: the “godly” President who envisioned the League of Nations, Woodrow Wilson, was a staunch supporter of the Ku Klux Klan.

By: pb49r

pb49r — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:24:00 +0000

uh, let’s see if I got this right: “We good, they bad. They get power, that bad. We have and use power, that good.” But this cartoon points out the absurbity of such views. Yet, how do we contain evil, except by power? Jesus taught another way–”turn the other cheek”. “Overcome evil with good”. “Love your neighbor”. But how do we do that on a world scale? The United Nations, following on the heels of the failure of The League of Nations, is a wise attempt to resolve world consuming matters at the negotiation table, observed by the world. (The League of Nations was proposed and attempted to be set up by a godly U.S. President, and it fell flat, rejected by the U.S. Senate) Good idea in theory; not working so good. That is why so many live in fear of our not possessing power, and using it to prevent others from gaining power. This mind-set must be overcome by prayer. pb

By: Eccentrique

Eccentrique — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:33:00 +0000

No nukes is good nukes.

By: Antonius_Bloch

Antonius_Bloch — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:12:00 +0000

nice cartoon. i actually went to the website and browsed for a while. good stuff.

By: RegularGoy

RegularGoy — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:55:00 +0000

I became an absurdist when I learned that the United States possesses enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the earth 22 times over. I became an absurdist because I thought to myself, "Isn't once enough?"

And all too many people forget that only one country on earth has ever used a nuclear bomb in combat. The U.S.

When are you moving to Milwaukee?

By: KatieYG

KatieYG — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:54:00 +0000

That’s an amazing quote. And congratulations to you for graduating!!! ahhh, how relieving.

By: espinosa_baca

espinosa_baca — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:52:00 +0000

Amazing quote.

Imagine if Dr. King were alive to make that same statement today. He'd be politically crucified as a radical FREEDOM-hater. Jesus too.