That is a matter of opinion,
I don't think it is. I think it's a very real truth. Unfortunately, the times we (as a society) have taken life for no reason whatsoever blinds us to the fact that sometimes it is the only option.
No one here was alive to see World War II. But it is widely agreed to be the most (if not the only) NECCESSARY war of the 21st Century.
And yet it cost lives - millions of them. But you know what? It was neccessary?
Sad? Yes. Unfortunate? Yes. A terrible waste? YES.
But neccessary, nonetheless.
I'm a peacenick, always have been, probably always will be. I hate, HATE war. But sometimes, yes, it's neccessary.
Sometimes its neccessary to take a life - be it to save another or 1000 others.
That said, I think the idea of "honour" is ridiculous. "Honour" is a concept man invented for himself to feel better about himself, and give him some reason to do something stupid (like, for example, pistols at dawn). You'll notice that rarely will we talk about honour unless someone has attacked it.
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-Mitch Hedberg
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