tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post7479070545278105665..comments2023-07-20T13:08:25.645-07:00Comments on Hastings on nonviolence: Being our natural selvesTom H. Hastingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098260278363929190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-28491089296289971622010-08-26T08:50:43.402-07:002010-08-26T08:50:43.402-07:00Great points, Andy. And the justifications ascribe...Great points, Andy. And the justifications ascribed to those who kill and rape are no more or less human nature than are the actual behaviors. So, for tragic instance, you have the new phenomenon of the widely rationalized 'corrective rape' of lesbians in South Africa, which is on a par with the notion that collateral damage to children is acceptable when someone decides a war is 'just.'Tom H. Hastingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098260278363929190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10703390.post-53809970212579452092010-08-26T08:28:47.059-07:002010-08-26T08:28:47.059-07:00Of course you are right about violence and war bei...Of course you are right about violence and war being choices. People often express resignation that war is inevitable because it is part of "human nature." Others use the "human nature" excuse to jubilantly promote and engage in war. The obvious correlates to war are murder and rape. Almost everybody wants to prevent those activities, yet they are just as much "human nature" as war. I try to communicate to people that if we choose to reject murder and rape, we can also choose to reject war. I also argue that the term "human nature" has no meaning and is at best useless and at worst is counter-productive. Choice, like you point out, is behind everything we do.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344306040811213207noreply@blogger.com