Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Perplexing Post about Pacifism

During Monday's discussion I really started to think differently about Pacifism. Since I was young people have told me that they were Pacifist or they were extremely passive, and I sat there nodding my head thinking that they wouldn't punch me if I provoked them. However, Pacifism is not that simple. At first while we were discussing our ideas about the subject we were all thinking of this as a reaction. For example, if there was a man trying to fight me I would explain to them that fighting would never solve the problem. Pacifism is not the correct word to use. If you were a Pacifist you would never put yourself into that negative situation, therefore that man would never yell at you and try to fight. It seems like this word is more of a Utopia. Our harsh world that we live in causes us to think that this is unreachable, but I believe if we understood the word more than just not fighting, this would change a lot of peoples minds.
For a week now I have been thinking if I could ever be a pacifist, and honestly I do not think so. I was a little punk growing up, and I always resorted to fighting. My anger gets the best of me sometimes, and I am very argumentative. On the other hand, I would never support violence and never intentionally start a problem with someone. It seems that this word has the tendency to be hypocritical. I am living in a world that has been transformed by War, we wouldn't be the United States without our War with the English, and England was dominant because of the Power they had. 
Now when I think about pacifism I stop myself when I think about fighting back. On Monday we learned that if we never brought our society to believe that fighting was the only solution, and took that eye for an eye, we would of never gotten so deep into the whole. pacifism is a great concept, but I believe, because of our history and our human nature that there will never be an opportunity to start being all pacifist. We all have to much pride and way to much hunger for Power and being #1 
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2 comments:

  1. Martha ChristineFebruary 25, 2009 at 12:25 PM

    I completely agree with you on this issue. I have also felt as if I was a pacifist, but it is a utopia and I do understand that because of this it is unable to be acted out. However, it is a good idea to base your actions off of. So after discussing in class on Monday on this theory, I feel as if you should not act this entire theory out rather commit yourself to certain ways of it.

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  2. Sarah SidwellFebruary 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    Pete--
    by reading your blog, i can feel you really struggling with and evaluating this issue. I appreciate what you had to say and agree with and am saddened by the fact that this "utopia" can never be reached, but I think that it is so important for us to start to understand the true meaning of Pacifism.

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