It's time (and then some) for the UN to be completely reworked into something that isn't a bureaucratic behemouth that it's become and built more on justice than ideology.
It is the essence of progressive nonsense. It sounds good, until you think about it. "No war can ever be just." is a horrible thing to say, but it sounds nice, because war is hell and there is a lot of truth in hating war. Saying no war can ever be just is saying that no warrior can ever be just. In one sweeping statement, he condemned millions of Catholic soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines as preparing to do something intrinsically unjust.
But since thinking about it proves the absurdity of the statement, he actually just lowered everyone's opinion of Church teaching. If "no war can ever be just" is a Church teaching, and adults can never believe such a sophmoric statement, then adults can safely ignore Church teaching. All nice stuff for the children, but we have to go to the firing range so Putin doesn't invade us next.
It's time (and then some) for the UN to be completely reworked into something that isn't a bureaucratic behemouth that it's become and built more on justice than ideology.
It is the essence of progressive nonsense. It sounds good, until you think about it. "No war can ever be just." is a horrible thing to say, but it sounds nice, because war is hell and there is a lot of truth in hating war. Saying no war can ever be just is saying that no warrior can ever be just. In one sweeping statement, he condemned millions of Catholic soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines as preparing to do something intrinsically unjust.
But since thinking about it proves the absurdity of the statement, he actually just lowered everyone's opinion of Church teaching. If "no war can ever be just" is a Church teaching, and adults can never believe such a sophmoric statement, then adults can safely ignore Church teaching. All nice stuff for the children, but we have to go to the firing range so Putin doesn't invade us next.