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Responsibility Lord Of War

Murder Who Is Responsible

In the movie Lord Of War (spoiler alert:  if you haven’t see it skip this paragraph) at the end when Nicholas Cage’s characters brother gets killed we ask who is responsible for his death? Someone very close to me said Nicholas Cages character is responsible for his brothers death. Cages character Ori a international gun rummer asked his brother to help him, one last time, broker a deal with a warlord who needed guns and was notorious for naming and killing. His brother was aware of the danger and made the decision to go.

During the deal, the brother opposed to what he felt would happen after the guns were sold, made the decision to Continue reading “Responsibility Lord Of War”

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Force vs Violence

Force

  • The capacity to do work or cause physical change. Energy, Strength, Active Power.
  • Voluntary action based in morality and Natural Law.
  • Action which one always possesses the Right to take.
  • Does not violate another’s  Natural Law Rights.

Violence

  • The immoral use of physical power (force) to coerce, compel or restrain.
  • Imitation and use of coercive action which is not based in morality and Natural Law.
  • Action which one never possesses the Right to take.
  • Always involves the violation of another’s Natural Law Rights.

Force is always nested in right and violence is always nested in wrong.

We have a right to use any amount of force to put down an attacker trying to cause harm to us. Continue reading “Force vs Violence”