Lex Innocentium 21st Century has an Inspirational Mission
And as such Rejects the Just War theory.
(Both in Theory and in Practice: We Cannot Keep On Justifying and Rationalising War.)
The Reality of the War System of Security
Modern militarism in all its manifestations is genocidal in nature. The modern war system is now one of the greatest threats to our individual ‘security’, to the survival of the Earths biosphere and to very existence of future generations.
Magical Thinking
There is a fundamental misapprehension in the belief that war and the cultures of violence it perpetuates will somehow bring about peace and the cultures of peace. Modern warfare and the ideological militarism of the war system of ‘security’ has run amuck and is now totally out of control. It has infected almost all social, cultural and religious norms and narratives.
Rejecting the Ideology of Violence
We as human beings are not slaves or subservient to the ideology of violence. We do not need to prostrate ourselves on its alters. It is way past the time we totally rejected such primitive beliefs that are the basis of the war system of security. The Neolithic ideology of violence has fully outlived its usefulness.
The Toxic and Criminal Nature of the Modern War System
Why do they treat our wit with scorn?
The dragon from the dragon seed, tis such since time began
George Russell AE (Writing on WWI – the War to end Wars)
1 The attempts to rationalise and justify modern warfare within the concept of Just War have become both false and perilously delusional. In an age of thermo-nuclear weapons, the war system is a direct threat to the security of every individual, every nation, and to the planets biosphere.
No individual or organisation interested in the possibility of a peaceful future can support the modern war system with its ideologies of Mutually Assured Destruction.
2 If we as a species are going to move or evolve from a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence, we must reject the war system of security in all its manifestations. This principle has already been clearly outlined both by the League of Nations and the United Nations.
This is a critical requirement and precondition to the possibility of a peaceful future.
3 Both the League of Nations and the United Nations have identified the principles and requirements of Common Security which will guarantee the security of nations without the obscenities of waste associated with the arms industries. In numerous sessions of the United Nations the pathways to General and Complete Disarmament have been outlined.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact (Pact of Paris 1928)
The McCloy-Zorin Accords (1961)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation on Nuclear Weapons (NPT 1968)
4 In the final analysis the principle of ‘nuclear-deterrence’ which balances the risk of global annihilation against the powers of ‘reason’ and ‘logic’ of contemporary political leaders is a perilous misconception. The Cuban missile crises is just one example of how dangerously delusional the belief in ‘nuclear-deterrence’ actually is.
Studies from the United Nations have identified at least eight very close calls in relation to the accidental launching of Nuclear Missiles
5 Developments in all areas of science and technology have opened a ‘Pandora’s Box’ of unprecedented possibilities in the developments of the science and technologies of extermination. These developments have created unlimited and unprecedented possibilities in next generation weaponries from biological, chemical and artificially created pathogens of nightmarish potential.
6 All the major religious traditions of the world have identified the value of peace both in principle and in practice. The commandment ‘Thou shall not kill’ is clear and unambiguous. The ‘Golden Rule’ that most belief systems can agreed is to ‘Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.’ (Luke 6:31). Unfortunately, both in historical and contemporary conflicts, many religious traditions have been seduced by the glamour of war. In this context the just war theory has been used to justify almost every war.
7 The academic study of peace and peace research, and the scientific study of conflict have so far failed to contribute directly to reducing levels of violence in human society. This failure can be contributed to any number of factors. One of the most important factors was and is the failure of the foundational principles of the study of peace to reject clearly and unambiguously the principles of the just war.
Lex Innocentium 21st Century calls on those involved in the study of peace and in the various peace movements to unambiguously reject the false security of the war system. And to discard the ideologies of violence that underpin that system.
