Sitting back and letting aggressors march all over you is the real mug's game. Letting others defend you is the prerogative only of the weak. Yours sincerely, Neil Dear Neil, We agree about how killing can be justified, then. It can only be morally acceptable to kill someone you know to be guilty. You can't have it both ways.
Pacifists forgo the war-ists' option of killing off their opponents.
This gives them a compelling motivation to see to it that negotiation is maintained. Yours sincerely, Soran Dear Soran, Ah - we have further areas of agreement. Soldiers cannot and should not kill in ignorance. This is why they need to understand why they are fighting. I agree that untrained, ill-educated troops can be persuaded to create mayhem anywhere.