Abe also wants to carry out political reforms such as changing Japan's constitution which enshrines pacifism.
Also don't forget, says Mr. Kagan, "unsubtle Christianity" and its strong strain of pacifism.
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Still others maintained that the problem was peculiarly Norwegian, a combination of inept policing and misguided pacifism.
Sound foreign policy predicates on peace, but not pacifism, strength, but not aggression, and expanded commercial relations.
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George Harrison had already fallen under the spell of the sitar and the maharishi's message appealed to John Lennon's angry pacifism.
Mr Bush's foreign wars do not accord with Amish pacifism, but his religious conviction and his stance on social issues have got their hearts aflutter.
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The message of the Judaeo-Christian religious heritage, for instance, is that doing evil to others is a sin, extolling the virtues of mercy, forgiveness, charity, love, and pacifism.
Though he was granted an unconditional exemption from military service, his pacifism was viewed with contempt by many Britons, some of whom later found it hard to take his music seriously.
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Between militarism and pacifism lie diplomacy, accountability, and restraint.
We have Ashford to thank for the portraits of her superior, Mr. Mitchell, whose predictions about the war's course are often way off the mark, and a co-worker, Miss Bousie, whose pacifism was sorely tried.
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