Stanley Hauerwas says something that people hear and scratch their heads; they are confused because they’ve bolught into the basic premise that violence can be fought with violence.

Education: No, This War Would Not Be Moral

..who in the world is against eliminating evil? Well, I am, if war is the means for its elimination. I am an advocate of Christian nonviolence, but I don’t think that means I have nothing to say about the war fever gripping much of America. I believe that Christians, of all people, should worry when the President of the United States uses the word evil to justify war.