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Check out Japanese history before saying buddhists didn't go to war. One of 
the most ferocious warriors in japanese martial history was a buddhist monk.

There have always been pacifists in cultures..., even in viking society. That 
doesn't change the basic tenet that we are warlike people.

Ray




-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Homestead] It's almost over





> > Where in history has a major civilization existed without war? Every 
> > large 
culture, religion, etc, has war as a part of their history. Sure some of the 
monor players existed without peforming, themselves, in acts of war; some 
still 
do today. But, never when a culture has power does it give away that power 
without fighting. It really is part of our biology, I think (and it also 
makes 
common sense).......................> 
I think we are talking about 2 different things.  You are talking about 
"giving 
away power"...I assume you mean defending one's borders. Most countries and 
individuals will defend themselves if attacked. I was talking about wars of 
aggression...invading or taking someone else's land or wealth or enslaving 
the 
people.
 
The fact that there are people, cultures and religions (I don't ever recall 
the 
Buddhists going to war) that DON'T, and have no desire to, engage in 
aggression 
against others demostrates that it is not universally part of our biology. 
Some 
of us don't covet our neighbor's stuff and don't have that 'war gene'.
 
Lynn Wigglesworth
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