| An Anti-war Argument |
| By Jefferson Orwell Opal |
| This page was created on 26-JUL-2003, and was last updated on 26-JUL-2003. |
| Assumptions: --every nation as an inherent right to defend itself against extra-judicial killings --as weapons become more powerful, the need to stop war forever increases --the United Nations is the greatest hope for ending war. It should not be flaunted |
| Diagram: Area 1: a tiny circle representing around 100 killings of the "ideally-patriotic type" (a tiny circle on left side of page) Area 2: a larger circle that fully encompasses area 1, with the same center of area 1. This circle represents "practically patriotic killings": killings with an overall patriotic (defense) effect that are necessary because of the great gap existing between the US Justice system within the US and the international justice system serving the nation-state system. Area 3: a very large circle representing all killings the USA could potentially do with the objective of totally dominating the rest of humanity forever, entailing the non-defensive killing (murder) of all non-US military personell worldwide. Circle 2--PPK: Practically-Patriotic Killings (circle with same center as Circle 1, but Circle 3--NNK: Needlessly-Nationalistic Killings Line of International Justice Capability: Area of CNK: Conveniently-Nationalistic Killings: the area of PPK that extends beyond |