<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kicad" class="u-url mention">@<span>kicad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://darmstadt.social/@claudius" class="u-url mention">@<span>claudius</span></a></span> I'll take this on good faith, wars happen and protecting life is just the flip side of taking it - just matters whose lives you value more. If you valued everyone's equally, you'd stay out of "defense".</p><p>What's less acceptable even for the non-"pacifists" (and I wouldn't even call myself a pacifist) is the defense industry selling military gear to cops! It's a lot harder to justify that as protecting life and freedom, especially of the minorities you supposedly welcome.</p>
