tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094979.post113692823255775259..comments2023-06-23T07:38:57.177-07:00Comments on Critical Mastiff: Overanalysis of Simplistic Yet Telling One-LinerMastiffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08009663221665718199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094979.post-1137531612711146432006-01-17T13:00:00.000-08:002006-01-17T13:00:00.000-08:00I'll grant you that "war" is not the object.Perhap...I'll grant you that "war" is not the object.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the sentence should be reworded as "If something is worth going to war (i.e. killing people) over, it's worth lying over."Mastiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009663221665718199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094979.post-1137509143485267012006-01-17T06:45:00.000-08:002006-01-17T06:45:00.000-08:00I'll take a shot.Our basic groundwork consists of ...I'll take a shot.<BR/><BR/>Our basic groundwork consists of two undesirable actions: killing and lying.<BR/><BR/>The object at stake is the war itself, or so it is stated. I was going to go into more detail on the thought of the previous (very short) paragraph, but this struck me as being more important. We do not war for the sake of War. Fighting on a large scale is just too much trouble. Mike Mallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607580844607407755noreply@blogger.com