Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00500)

Aug 31st 1998

Perhaps that is why it is important to impersonalize all considerations.  If
we personalize them, or politicize them we pre-set conditions and limits on
the logic of answering.

Theosophy is not a matter of opinion, it is a science of applying universal
principles.

Now if different principles are adopted, different answers are achieved.  So
why not let us make sure together that the same universal principles are
seen to apply and then our independent answers will tally closely, and can
be universally applied.

Dallas

> Date: Saturday, August 29, 1998 5:04 PM
> From: "Bart Lidofsky" <bartl@sprynet.com>
> Subject: Re: Land Mines and Tibet

>W. Dallas TenBroeck wrote:
>> At least they did not use land mines which are cowardly weapons designed
(as
>> is "saturation bombing" or "nuclear bombing" and other acts of terrorism,
>> for instance) to subdue the armed might of a country by spreading terror
and
>> horror among its people.  Such acts are indefensible, and any country
(and
>> its citizens) who support and permit this are inviting the attention of
the
>> karma of unbrotherliness and insensitive negligence
>> upon themselves.  [ That is my opinion.]
>
> In bombing, you are killing people who may or may not be involved in
>invading your land. With land mines, you are killing primarily those who
>are physically invading your country; all they need to do to stay alive
>is to leave you alone. The problem is those who innocently walk on to
>land mines, not knowing they are there. But those innocents and far more
>would be endangered by an invasion in any case. Once again, we are
>looking at a situation where ALL solutions involve evil, and do not
>forget that the action of doing nothing is still an action.
>
> It is very easy to pass moral judgment when you're not the one facing
>the wrong side of a gun.
>
> Bart Lidofsky
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