Forgiveness is our strongest weapon, but if you give it to your enemy, it becomes his strongest.
Forgiveness is something that can only be earned through genuine repent. They must stop being our enemies before we can forgive them.
You can't reason with the enemy, you can't fix them. They must all go bankrupt and their employees must never find work again.
Those aren't all different things. First, our enemies are completely reasonable. You just have to understand what their reasoning is, and that it's not even remotely similar to your ethical, ideological, or experiential framework. You have to understand that they are your enemy, and you have to treat them as such. Having the corporations go bankrupt or otherwise be destroyed is an imperative. The employees never finding work again, is not. Once they seek genuine repent, they can be forgiven so long as part of that repent is to never take up arms again.
The employees never finding work again, is not. Once they seek genuine repent, they can be forgiven so long as part of that repent is to never take up arms again.
Yeah, that was a pretty stupid statement, but to be expected from him. You also don't start out with maximalist aims. You evolve your aims as you are more successful. Until you are winning, accepting repentance is not a matter of principle, but simple expediency. At some point, we no longer have need of repentant people, and then we can close off that tap.
And no, repentance is both a matter of principle and expedience. You never forgive your enemy so long as they are your enemy. After they are no longer your enemy, you will have to find a way to forgive him, and he you.
Forgiveness is our strongest weapon, but if you give it to your enemy, it becomes his strongest.
Forgiveness is something that can only be earned through genuine repent. They must stop being our enemies before we can forgive them.
Those aren't all different things. First, our enemies are completely reasonable. You just have to understand what their reasoning is, and that it's not even remotely similar to your ethical, ideological, or experiential framework. You have to understand that they are your enemy, and you have to treat them as such. Having the corporations go bankrupt or otherwise be destroyed is an imperative. The employees never finding work again, is not. Once they seek genuine repent, they can be forgiven so long as part of that repent is to never take up arms again.
Yeah, that was a pretty stupid statement, but to be expected from him. You also don't start out with maximalist aims. You evolve your aims as you are more successful. Until you are winning, accepting repentance is not a matter of principle, but simple expediency. At some point, we no longer have need of repentant people, and then we can close off that tap.
y u bein a meanie
And no, repentance is both a matter of principle and expedience. You never forgive your enemy so long as they are your enemy. After they are no longer your enemy, you will have to find a way to forgive him, and he you.