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    1. StefanieZett Posted on Nov 6 '09 at 5:02 AM

    So, what now? We have this pseudo anti war movement, we have war supporters, we have those in between the chairs and some who simply don¿t care. Brendon O¿Neill wants to discuss it like adults. We need a new awareness to rise. Some productive clash of ideas and convictions. How do we do that? I guess, the publication of this discussion is the first step towards that. But of course we cannot be content with only that. At the Battle of Ideas, which took place at the Royal College of Arts in London last weekend, both academics and average citizens debated about when it is right to go to war. Unfortunately, I could not attend it, so I do not know about the results, or the prevalent opinions. However, it¿s certainly a sign that people want to talk about the issue. Both pro war and (pseudo) anti war movement get a lot of attention from the media, while opinions like Brendon O¿Neills still are unknown to large parts of the population. More people need to be told about it, especially those in the movements who may not even be aware of what they are really doing. This way, change can happen.

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Posted: November 04, 2009
Description: In a compelling on the sofa discussion, young volunteers examine the... (more)
Description: In a compelling on the sofa discussion, young volunteers examine the anti-war movement. They consider whether the anti-war demonstrations that gained momentum in the run up to the Iraq invasion, embody a new era of mass political action or merely express a confused and disengaged morass, riddled with cynicism. Leading the discussion, Brendan O'Neill, editor of the online magazine Spiked argues that the anti-war movement is little more than defeatism posturing as political argument. He asks us to consider whether, had the invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan been 'successful', if its oppressed citizens had been liberated, would the war then have been okay? For Brendan, the answer is 'no', but are his fellow discussants convinced? (less)

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