people and their sacrifices

[Jimmy555]

How you feel about those people and their sacrifices who died for a wrong cause ?

[CanadysPeak]

How you feel about those people and their sacrifices who died for a wrong cause ?

How do we know a wrong cause from a right one? If we go to Flanders, we can find cemeteries full of the dead from both sides. Which side was God on? Isn't a stupid war just a stupid war when all is done? Perhaps all causes are wrong if they require killing others. My gg-grandfather attended the Gettysburg reunion in the summer of 1913. It's said that the re-enactment failed to come off when the Union greybeards on top of Cemetery Ridge saw the old Confederates start hobbling up that hill again, threw down their rifles, and ran down to meet their old enemies.

[Jimmy555]

You wrote " Perhaps all causes are wrong if they require killing others " . I ,100% agree with you . very mature thinking , all i feel is , few good words for those who died on the other side of the line .
Thank you for yr time and answer

[TAMallick]

Just think bad-luck, we have no control on our fate.

[Jimmy555]

Thank You

[newyear]

What seems so interesting is that some will kill for the cause that concerns them. Mostly, this can be labeled as patriotism. However, politics and religion are also strong 'killer' causes.

Is there a line where one can kill to protect one's family, but not to protect one's country?

[neuro]

Is there a line where one can kill to protect one's family, but not to protect one's country?

quite difficult to specify what "protect" is supposed to mean in this sentence...

[newyear]

Is there a line where one can kill to protect one's family, but not to protect one's country?

quite difficult to specify what "protect" is supposed to mean in this sentence...

neuro, although difficult to visualise, the situation in which one's children or partner, at home, are threatened with imminent death by an intruder and one has the means to stop.