Foxy,
If it wasn’t for men with guns then your parents wouldn’t have been able to migrate to Australia, the Japanese wouldn’t have wanted to build up the post war population with other than their own people.
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You wouldn’t be here at all and Paul would have long ago been sent to a labour camp, there’d have been no Labor camps.

So go down on bended Catholic knees and give thanks for all those brave young men with guns who made our lifestyle possible.

Is Mise,

My parents fled from men with guns and tanks and bombs.
The people of Lithuania were tortured and shipped to
Siberia. To the Russian Tundra and its interior.
Lithuania suffered a massive loss of lives buried in
the permafrost. Entire cities were emptied. Villages
were destroyed. Many died. Many were killed.

My parents had a choice of staying in Germany, going to
the United States or going to Australia. They chose
Australia because it was the most further away from the men
with guns.

In any case I will let you know when what you say or think
matters to me.

Foxy,
So it matters not about the guns for they are inanimate objects, it’s the men with the guns that matter.
Have you not a good word for the men with guns who’s sacrifices made your lifestyle possible?

Is Mise,

The following link speaks for itself:

http://inquirer.com/opinion/lithuanian-independence-russia-ukraine-nato-invasion-20220216.html

My reference earlier that referred to you and your
gun fetish is a totally different story.

Hi Foxy,

Good link, I'm still hoping for peace, but both sides seem intent on war.

Hi Issy,

80 years today Japan bombed Darwin, 240 people were needlessly killed. For me its the utter futility of war that is wrong. All sides in war think they are right, that's only natural, and nothing will change that. The Japanese at the time believed they were right to bomb Darwin and kill innocent people. There are many reasons that wars happen, none of them good reasons.

Today, ask Putin; Are you in the right? "Of course I'm in the right". Ask the same question of Biden, and you'll get the same answer. The only way both can be in the right is through peace.

Paul,
And how are we to achieve peace with an aggressor?