[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist pacifism

[Jim Peavler]

On Oct 17, 2005, at 11:36 AM, curt wrote:
>
> Obviously you have to decide where to draw the line, and no one has a 
> monopoly on where the right place is to draw the line. Especially 
> preachy vegetarians. Hmmm, are pacifists against the "violence" of 
> anti-biotics? How about the "violence" of that mass murderer: the 
> immune system? What is the "justification" for defending oneself 
> against diseases?
>

This is a strawbuginom argument with elements of strawgerm fallacy.