> I my self have never killed anyone....
> Nor would I want to....

And yet, you will KILL when the order is given, won't you? Even if it means dropping cluster bombs on some random little village of unknown people in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

And remember that other members of your organization engage in those activities on a regular basis. You are part of that organization, the one that blows off the arms and legs and heads of impoverished little kids in the middle of nowhere. You're not responsible for making the murderous decisions, but you can REFUSE to obey the orders to murder innocent people.


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"Each day the war goes on the hatred increases in the heart of the Vietnamese and in the hearts of those of humanitarian instinct. The Americans are forcing even their friends into becoming their enemies. It is curious that the Americans, who calculate so carefully on the possibilities of military victory, do not realize that in the process they are incurring deep psychological and political defeat. The image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom and democracy, but the image of violence and militarism."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh (likely; as quoted by MLKing, April 1967)