Of Life and War

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

It’s really quite simple. All war is sin. Why fight it?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

The infinite variety – how staggering!
The breadth of human experience – beyond mind-boggling!
The surpassing joy – beyond words!
You really know how to create a work of art.
You should call it “Life!”
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“At your service, Jesus of Nazareth.”

[No, He never said it - probably.]

D. Blog: “Dirty War”

I saw this term recently in an article about someone being charged with planning to participate in such a war. It interested me in part because I wonder how a dirty war differs from other wars. We have the saying “all’s fair in love and war” after all, so of course wars get dirty, right?

In addition, using such a term suggests that other kinds of wars might represent the opposite: “clean war.” Obviously an oxymoron, right?

Then “dirty war”? I think the appropriate response to this wording is “Duh!”