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From: kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT)
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Subject: Re: How Opposite are Reason and Force?
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 11:32:13 EST
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Nothwithstanding the rationalist view that the use of force is (generally)
an irrational behavior, we are nevertheless left with the reality that some
alloplastic agents in our society do habitually embrace force as a means
of attaining their goals.  The dilemma of the rationalist is how to 
protect his interests without returning violence for violence.  This
dilemma vexed even Einstein, an avowed pacifist who later urged (and
then regretted) the use of atomic weapons.  It is easier to learn war
than to learn peace.  Until we learn how to teach peace, we will have
more knowledge of combative behavior than of cooperative behavior.

--Barry Kort