[MD] The Dark Knight

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Marsha, Arlo, Ron,

I dabbled in pacificism for a while, but Pirsig among others convinced
me that humans are not intrinsically good. This is not to say that
they are intrinsically evil, either. Pragmatists have given up for
looking for essences which includes trying to talk about human nature
as good or evil because we don't want to talk about an essence of
humanity either.

Can we achieve are goals without ever resorting to violence (including
participating in a governement that has a police force and a
military)? I doubt it. As Ken Wilbur pointed out, the only thing that
has ever controlled violence is stronger violence in saner hands.

Best,
Steve