pacifism
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It is a tough sell in a country where pacifism is a deeply ingrained civic value.
The problem isn’t pacifism, but young people posing a new variation on the age-old question: “What is in it for me?”
The shift isn’t as controversial as it once was in a country with a strong post-World War II tradition of pacifism.
To Garrison, whom Mr. Kurlansky credits as a founder of American pacifism, violence was always wrong, no matter the circumstances.
They’ve objected to books which expose readers to evolution, pacifism, magic, women achieving things outside of the home and “false views of death.”
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