A just war

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47 Responses to "A just war"

iota says:

April 18, 2009 at 11:14 am

This is not an oxymoron. A just war is not self-contradictory, though some might use it as such if they are pacifists. I think the majority of readers can make a real distinction between and unjust war, say Charles Taylor’s support of the civil war in Sierra Leone, and a just war, like the Allied Powers against Nazi Germany and the Axis powers. Moreover, there is an entire body of work by serious scholars, philosophers, theologists, and policymakers relating to Just War Theory, which seeks to define how a war might be justified as well as the just cause of action by the participants of the war.
Theo says:

June 14, 2009 at 7:59 am

that’s what I was gunna say
q2600 says:

June 16, 2009 at 12:51 pm

iota is correct. This item should be removed from the oxymoron list.
bobbyboyce says:

October 8, 2009 at 9:54 am

How can this be an oxymoron, nothing is contradicted. It is a value judgement on war as is an unjust war.
mrajmilne says:

October 18, 2009 at 9:00 pm

Oxymoron: A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combinedThese two terms (just and war), are not incongruous or contradictory
spectator says:

October 19, 2009 at 2:34 am

Wow we have some guileful warmongers here. This is not a definitional oxymoron but a rhetorical oxymoron, meaning the terms “just[ice]” and “war” are philosophically mutually exclusive – something this site seems to have little problem with (“bureaucratic efficiencies” has been certified here).
Bob Peterson says:

November 15, 2009 at 10:31 am

Let me just say, this entire website is full of liberal crap.
ern says:

February 1, 2010 at 8:58 am

The problem is that they *aren't* philosophically mutually exclusive. “Bureaucratic efficiencies” isn't an oxymoron either. A “rhetorical” oxymoron is basically something that isn't an oxymoron, but that some people *wish* was an oxymoron. But that doesn't change the reality that it still isn't one.
spankymicgee says:

March 9, 2010 at 5:43 am

wow,this makes sence=]
B.E.A.S.T. says:

April 19, 2010 at 12:04 pm

haha
smowlboker says:

April 28, 2010 at 7:50 pm

While this is definitely crap, I wouldn't necessarily say it's liberal. Anti-war sentiments don't really fit in to the ideals of either party, it just so happens that a lot of liberals are also douchebag peace activists. (Not that peace is bad, just that peace activists are generally douchers)
Coyotes11 says:

June 14, 2010 at 10:21 am

This is not an oxymoron (unless you are a moron!)
Coyotes11 says:

June 14, 2010 at 10:23 am

you got that right
Mel says:

June 19, 2010 at 10:10 am

I would say stopping Hitler was a just war. No oxymoron.
Quadri Zafruddin says:

July 3, 2010 at 6:23 am

a war for justification
Caminante34 says:

August 18, 2010 at 5:27 pm

Wars are never just
Wayne456 says:

September 14, 2010 at 9:15 pm

mann just delete this website
Wayne456 says:

September 15, 2010 at 2:15 am

mann just delete this website
Justhardsex says:

February 1, 2011 at 8:43 pm

Fucking rednecks. I’m not a liberal, and I still say war is never justified unless in defence. Invading another country’s land can be morally excusable how exactly?!
Rey Hinckley says:

March 11, 2011 at 10:02 pm

The Just War principles was originally a philosophical justification for war based on the adherence to certain criteria. The Roman Catholic Church added one criterium in order to approve it, that criterium is that a member of the Clergy could not be drafted.
The Roman Church was the new improved church that also leagalized killing heretics who differed with the church of Constantine.
Jesus was strict about nonviolence being the way, but “Christians” preferred to believe that they could indescriminately kill people and be forgiven.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:34 am

Reworded: “Let me just say, this entire website is full of liberal dung/droppings.”

Representation quality: 6/10
Improvement(s):
* Refrain from using profanities/vulgarities
* Refrain from using overly informal/casual language
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:36 am

Representation quality: 3/10
Improvement(s):
* Actually use something called capitalization
* Use formal language
ACH! This site is going to give me a heart attack!!!
* uSe !#@ som$#ethi(*ng c#()alled p(%*@unct#()}.4<uation.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:37 am

Ending sentences with prepositions is something I’m not going to put up WITH.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:39 am

Most people take showers at least daily. The ones that don’t usually have no showers.
FR doucher – to shower
Je douche
Tu douches
Il douche (not Il Duche)
Nous douchons
Vous douchez
Ils douchent
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:40 am

Try using Text in bold.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:41 am

Left angular bracket, B, right angular bracket, text, left angular bracket, forward slash, B , right angular bracket.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:43 am

Csiense ic very nise besauce it makec cense!

(For non-Chukchi Russians: Chukcha not reader, Chukcha writer!)
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:46 am

Muslims, this will help you with your goals of extending dominion, so turn away for a few lines.

Context: You shall NOT start crusades. Dead people will never convert. On the other hand, people that start crusades on you can get your self-defense timer running, so be as pretty as the flower but also as cunning as the snake below it.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:47 am

*Sigh* Thou doesn’t even deserve the term idiot, concerning its Greek origin in a self-server. People like thee are more like self-hurters.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:49 am

Why not wipe the submissions instead? Let the Academicians seed the oxymorons and moderate the comments. Oh, right, intelligence is illegal, judging from your frivolous suits.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:49 am

“The police made war on the notorious serial killer.”

Take THAT! Always and never are generally traps.
Seimhin says:

April 14, 2011 at 8:50 am

Put a period at the end. Who am I, my brother’s keeper?
Paul Joeypaul says:

April 28, 2011 at 9:24 am

Intelligent conservative = oxymoron
Komuhangisheila says:

May 24, 2011 at 2:54 pm

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Mark S. Gietzen says:

October 11, 2011 at 1:56 am

“A just war” is NOT an oxymoron, as are aproximately 20% of the listings on this website.
USB 3G says:

January 11, 2012 at 7:27 am

Nice, that’s helpful for me!
Tjwj91123456 oxymoron says:

January 30, 2012 at 7:12 pm

all yall are stupid dang real talk yall daumb a** supposses to bet lkin about the dang topic
fourdint says:

February 27, 2012 at 1:24 am

um no, that would be Ad Hominem
fourdint says:

February 27, 2012 at 1:28 am

I Agree … a war can be just … perhaps “it’s a bloodless war” is oxymoron?
KenN9852 says:

July 23, 2012 at 8:42 pm

Just war an oxymoron? Maybe to those who don’t know what a war is. A country invading another country isn’t a war until the country being invaded fights back, then it’s a war. Would the invaded country be justified in defending themselves from their invaders? I say yes. A better oxymoron for just would be “just injustice”
Kevin Lane says:

February 9, 2013 at 3:16 am

There are things in life worth fighting for. For example: if one’s freedom was taken away, and one declared war to get it back, then one would be justified to declare war.
h says:

January 18, 2014 at 10:21 pm

bullshit
YoCuz says:

August 22, 2014 at 10:09 am

Yea like “CIVIL / WAR” nothing CIVIL about WAR
sfdsdfsdfsdfsdf says:

December 1, 2015 at 1:24 am

Calm down. Not everyone is perfect.
CanofSand says:

February 10, 2018 at 6:59 am

Of course THIS is the comment the site “features,” not any of the ones based on objective fact and with far more upvotes.
CanofSand says:

February 10, 2018 at 7:01 am

“Jesus was strict about nonviolence”

Jesus taught about love and turning the other cheek but He also drove moneychangers from the temple (and not by asking them nicely) and talked about being a sword, etc., so the notion that He was a pacifist, “strict about nonviolence,” is objectively false.
CanofSand says:

February 10, 2018 at 7:07 am

No, but you seem to want to be. I correct people’s typos and other errors once in a while (generally only when they’re insulting someone ELSE’s intelligence while simultaneously looking like an idiot themselves), but to say you’re going overboard with it would be an understatement. I realize this comment is years old so I hope you’ve grown up since then.

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