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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Ahkileez: [qb] It's bedrock hypocrisy. "I'm a peaceful man, but I'll kill you if I have to." The fact that you're capable of it means you're not peaceful. Starfleet has never been anything but a highly militant organization. Lame protestations to the contrary don't matter. The evidence is right there on the screen. You could never protect and police an empire the size of the Federation without Starfleet being precisely what it has to be - A Warfighting Military Force. [/qb][/QUOTE]Ok, right there is where the problem is. The Federation is NOT an Empire. An Empire is a totalitarian institution, a Federation is a co-operative group of independent worlds that in this case also happens to be a Democracy. As in no way is it hypocrisy to use lethal force force in self defence without being aggressive. To be militant is to be aggressive which means when you attack someone it's because you feel like it, or because you're angry or have something to gain. To be peaceful is to live and let live as far as the other person will allow. As I pointed out before, Starfleet and the Federation are NOT Pacifists but they're not Warmongers either. Just because they have power and the capability to level a planet doesn't mean they strut around like the galactic bullies making everyone do things their way. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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