fandomhigh | War Theory, Thursday, 4th Period

As the students filed in, Honor was seated on the front edge of the desk, her feet almost touching the ground. Nimitz sprawled out on the desk behind her, enjoying an impromptu and very cat-like nap. This was a discussion he'd heard several times before, being around Honor, Hamish, and Willie as much as he had been. Glancing back over her shoulder at the treecat, Honor shook her head.

The timeline from previous classes was back on the board again today, listing all the authors and documents they had reviewed together thus far. Additionally, two terms were scrawled under the timeline in the appropriate place: self determination of nations and nationalism. They were, ironically, just centimeters away from "Jefferson/Continental Congress" and "Declaration of Independence."

"Come in and have a seat. We'll be starting soon." Her eyes flitted to the clock. As soon as the second hand ticked to the proper time, she began speaking.

"Our previous discussions have covered the 'acceptable' reasons for warfare, relevant to the times they were written. I should have, perhaps, devoted a class period to discuss Enlightenment thinking, philosophies which weighed heavily on Jefferson and the other authors of the Declaration of Independence; they are key to understanding the emergence of an 'American' mindset and questioning the treatment of the colonies by England. We haven't done that, however. The good news is that, in our previous discussions, many of you have already shown a familiarity with at least some of the basic concepts.

"So, for today, I asked you to review the Declaration and come up with questions for discussion. Who will volunteer to go first?"

She watched the class expectantly until someone ventured a hand. It wasn't quite like pulling teeth, she thought, but it was close. The discussion continued through the class period, with a few comments of her own. As the end of class approached, however, she wrapped things up.

"Okay, next week, we'll be jumping forward about two hundred years and discussing the end of World War II and the Cold War. Please come prepared for discussion." She gave a smile. "Dismissed."

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You know what to do. And, as always, feel free to hit the ~~handwavy~~ snacks.

Setsuna Sakurazaki

Pip Bernadette

Schrodinger

Peter Pevensie

Isabel Evans

Seely Booth

Alanna Trebond.

Matilda Wormwood

Bring on the questions! Stump your classmates! Compare notes with the previous war theory thinkers!

Setsuna's question was pretty simple, mostly because she'd spent the entire week just gawking at the thing. "So, they pretty much just made a laundry list of why they didn't like the king, and considered that good enough reason that they shouldn't have to answer to him anymore?"

"Well, if he wasn't ruling them fairly and justly, why should they continue to listen to him?"

"I'm not saying that they should continue to listen to him," Setsuna said with a bob of her head. "I just think writing out a complaint list is a stupid way to go about it. Your ability to complain about something is hardly an effective display of why you should be released of their rule."

"What should they have done then?" Schrodinger asked. "Written up a letter asking very nicely to stop ruling them unfairly?"

"No. They should have done as any other contending power would have done. Gone to arms to prove their worthiness to exist outside of his control. We're not talking about modern day when such things were taboo here...."

"Which is rather what they did," Peter pointed out.

"One needs to remember -- and perhaps I should have included some other documentation -- but the Declaration was really a bit of a last resort. The ideological battle between the American colonies and Britain had begun shortly after the conclusion of the French and Indian War, around the 1760s. In order to fund the war, Britain began levying heavier taxes against the colonies to, ostensibly, pay for their defense."

She ~~handwavily~~ explained some of the correspondence between the Colonies and "Mother England" in the lead-up to the Declaration ~~mainly because the mun doesn't have her textbook with her~~. "So, it's as Mr. Pevensie pointed out -- they did attempt other means."

Looking to the class, she posed her own question: "What, in your mind, might have been the reasoning behind issuing a document like the Declaration?"

In your case, of course you should choose something you feel both comfortable and familiar with. My own experience (both of my own medical history and the experiences of others I know of) tells me that a homeopathic treatment is likely to be deeper and more long-lasting, freer of side effects, and accompanied by a standard of care that is difficult to attain within the standard medical world.

"Do the injuries claimed in the Declaration of Independence fulfill any of Aquinas' tenants of a Just War?" Peter asked. "And does that matter at all?"

Honor's feeling a bit relaxed today, so she might not give the evil eye too much if students decided to chatter quietly.

Honor takes a few minutes to wake the snoring treecat and gather her things.

Done!

I'm on the road today. Will pick up pings later tonight.

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