i wonder if i could have inspired the pondering of such paradoxical notions...
i agree, being "against" does eventually lead to war. the one who is against is the one who is on the attack, the opposer, the aggressor.
that's because there are two things in the universe; truth and untruth.
some people believe that they have enough knowledge of truth that they are justified in forcing their truth onto others, killing and destroying along the way because the end result will supposedly benefit those who are left (war and abortion). they may not know that their original truth was based on untruth or only part of the truth, so violence is always the result of a break down in the commitment of individuals to find the Truth.
people also get confused about what truth is greater than other truths but human life must be at the top. that clears things up.
still, sometimes the commitment to find the smaller truth must be set aside so that we can protect the greater truth. for example, a wild eyed man wielding a gun fires at people in a crowd and begins to point at my kid but i happen to have my cross hairs directly on his head. i take the shot, preserving the greater truth that my child will live but denying the smaller truth that he was out of bullets.
we are inept, unable to know all. sometimes we compensate for this condition rather than pursue understanding. that compensation comes in the form of being "against" something, somewhere. the trick is to recognize when we're compensating and humbly accept the possibility that we don't have the truth on our side. when we do that we're fighting the good fight!
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