tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986656794771949064.post6406043711492531509..comments2011-11-26T01:35:33.566-05:00Comments on A Video Gamer's Perspective: Why the Importance of Peace is OverstatedCounterpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03554275991049428627noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986656794771949064.post-83222698108198333622008-05-29T20:24:00.000-04:002008-05-29T20:24:00.000-04:00True, true. It's not a new idea, but it's a noble...True, true. It's not a new idea, but it's a noble one, and it's encouraging to see it espoused; sometimes it seems that the ideal is dying out. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, to get totally off topic, check out the top of the Nerd Report. I think you might have something to say about that yourself. :pRenegade Paladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839701811321933501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986656794771949064.post-64038739142074769252008-05-29T16:43:00.000-04:002008-05-29T16:43:00.000-04:00Somehow, I doubt that John Stuart Mill referred to...Somehow, I doubt that John Stuart Mill referred to Star Wars and Gundam Wing in making his point.<BR/><BR/>You are right, this is hardly a new idea. All I can assuredly promise from what I'm doing here is showing the relevance of modern entertainment to issues like this one.Counterpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03554275991049428627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2986656794771949064.post-32290548492167339952008-05-29T12:08:00.000-04:002008-05-29T12:08:00.000-04:00"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of thin..."War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." -- John Stuart Mill, <I>On Liberty</I><BR/><BR/>In short, you were beaten to the punch by about 150 years. :pRenegade Paladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839701811321933501noreply@blogger.com