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Pursuing Peace Through Violence

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 13, 2025

Trump, Putin 'Pursuing Peace' Summit Press Conference

You cannot "see" a person's mind, until the mouth opens.

About the person who started OSI:

If you feel the need to punch them, then it's generally the real Bruce Perens.

After political assassination: (last week)

Every time the discourse is 'Political violence is inherently bad and does not achieve its goals' I wonder whether the Good Friday Agreement could have happened without violence and the answer is that I want to say 'yes' but I legitimately do not know

After October 7:

I'm extremely reluctant to pass much comment on the Israel - Gaza situation because I grew up in an occupied territory where terrorists frequently targeted civilians and arguably the terrorism eventually resulted in a negotiated peace with a vaguely functioning power sharing arrangement, and I do not want that to be the moral of the story

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