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RE: I've found something worth dying for. (My Christian non-violence support of the non-aggression principal.)
I think the wars the US engages in today mostly have to do with oil rights than self defense. Wouldn't it be great if people tore down walls and left other governments alone? The higher the walls, the more resentment arises, and resentful people get bigger guns.
I am curious, though, what you'd recommend for someone whose child is being hurt. Jesus said it would be better for a milstone to be hung around the neck of a person who abused a child, and be drowned.
Obviously we as parents would do our best to keep our children safe, avoid such dangers, but that is not always possible. How would you defend your son or daughter?
Yeah, the wars the U.S. gets involved with are especially ridiculous.
As to protecting my kids, the only way I can answer is that I "hope" I will be the person I want to be if I'm ever in that situation. My mindset is such that "hurting people hurt people" so I would want to care for an abuser as much as I would my kids. I wouldn't allow my children anywhere near them again, but I don't believe I would jump to violence. It's a tough line, because we can say all we want about how we would behave, but none of us know until we're actually in that situation. I was abused as a kid and I don't harbor any anger or resentment. I hope that my experience would be beneficial at being pre-emptive so my kids never end up in that kind of situation to begin with.