[Buddha-l] Buddhist pacifism

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 16:21 -0400, curt wrote:

> So you are willing to accept any result, no matter what, so long as you, 
> personally, do not have to commit any acts of violence? This does not 
> strike me as an especially appealing "ethical" posture.

Then don't follow it.

> Is your primary concern the avoidance of bad karma for yourself?

No, my primary concern is the avoidance of causing death to others. I
have never yet seen a situation in which killing someone improved their
condition.

-- 
Richard Hayes