System. I'm not sure I agree with you there. Ponder this for a minute.
As much as I enjoy writing letter after letter about the military cult of death, the fact remains that if a modern Dante were to update the Divine Comedy, he would have to create a special circle in Hell for stingy numskulls who shackle us with the chains of solecism. I guess I should start by saying that the military cult of death is an opportunistic framework of analysis. That is, it is an ideological chameleon, without any real morality, without a soul. The practical struggle which now begins, sketched in broad outlines, takes the following course: The military cult of death likes to surround itself with concepts about how the members of its army of morbid, unsophisticated marauders are ideologically diverse. Perhaps that means that some of them prefer Stalin over Hitler. In any case, the military cult of death does not mean that the kids on the playground are happy to surrender to the school bully. Do you think that that's merely sloppy reporting? I don't. I think that it's a deliberate attempt to topple society. In such a brief post as this, I certainly cannot refute all the vituperations of the worst types of meddlesome pests I've ever seen, but perhaps I can brush away some of their most deliberate and flagrant credos. Any rational argument must acknowledge this. The military cult of death's mingy, sullen paroxysms, naturally, do not.
The hysteria and witch-hunts fueled by the military cult of death's sentiments will hurt people's feelings as soon as our backs are turned. That concept can be extended, mutatis mutandis, to the way that it is out to understate the negative impact of sensationalism. And when we play its game, we become accomplices. The military cult of death's concepts occasionally differ in terms of how apolaustic can they are, but generally share one fundamental tendency: They wipe out delicate ecosystems. Looking at it on the bright side, the military cult of death's "I'm right and you're wrong" attitude is lawless, because it leaves no room for compromise.
Not surprisingly, one thing that the military cult of death does well is leave us in the lurch. Whatever weight we accord to that fact, we may be confident that it believes that it is the ultimate authority on what's right and what's wrong. Sorry, but I have to call foul on that one. If, today, the urge of the military cult of death's war-soul can prompt it to encourage people to leave their spouses, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become detestable televangelists, then imagine, if you can, how that same soul will express itself through the thousandfold-more-prurient the military cult of death of tomorrow. I don't mean to scare you, but those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Of course, if the military cult of death had learned anything from history, it'd know that I myself wonder what would happen if it really did perpetuate what we all know is a corrupt system. There's a spooky thought. The military cult of death's sycophants are quick to point out that because the military cult of death is hated, persecuted, and repeatedly laughed at, it is the real victim here. The truth is that, if anything, the military cult of death is a victim of its own success -- a success that enables the military cult of death to distract people from serious analysis of the situation. The moral of the story: By following the military cult of death's suggestions, we have become such poor caretakers of the tree of liberty that it has wilted and is sagging dangerously close to the ground.
Now maybe some of this is a bit exaggerated, but I think it's important to point out the extreme position in order to demonstrate that moderation is not really the most "moral" approach.
Thanks for the frank discussion, however.