Which is where defense comes in. Those who don't agree to leave people alone and in turn, be left alone, will be "convinced" to leave those who do agree alone.
well, many countries dont have the space - not to mention the mindset - to play cowboys and indians anymore
Who said anything about "Cowboys and Indians"? It's "peaceful people and assholes."
same old game. the only difference is that with cowboys and indians there usually is an agreement who is playing the cowboys and who is playing the indians
No need for "agreement," Whoever breaks the agreement to leave the other alone first is the asshole.
I see that in this latest tangent in the discussion you've completely abandoned your voluntarism principles. It's all voluntary until someone disagrees, then it's "my way or the highway", huh?
When someone
breaks the agreement to leave each other alone, it's not voluntary anymore,
because they disagreed. They tried to force someone to do something. They
made it not voluntary.
What agreement? The one you made up?
The one all peaceful people live by:
"
No person has the right to initiate the use of force, threat of force, or fraud against another person or their property."
Ah yes, the NAP doctrine again... And of course ALL peaceful people have heard of it... Not!
How about freedom
from your religion? Are you starting to see the irony in your earlier "freedom is slavery" jibe?
They don't have to have heard of it in order to live by it, and therefore, be peaceful. Some other formulations:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" - Christianity
"Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state. " - Confucianism
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." - Buddhism
"This is the sum of duty; do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you. " - Hinduism
"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." - Islam
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary." - Judaism
"Regard your neighbor’s gain as your gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss." - Taoism
"That nature alone is good which refrains from doing another whatsoever is not good for itself." Zoroastrianism
So you see, basically every religion has taught this ideal as "good." Following this ideal - not harming another unless they have harmed you - makes you peaceful, regardless of how you word it.
