Often, writers on historical events tend to consider ... a loss of willingness to fight as a sign of "decadence," as though there were something desp… - Isaac Asimov

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Often, writers on historical events tend to consider ... a loss of willingness to fight as a sign of "decadence," as though there were something despicable about not being a bully and not being willing to engage in mass murder. Perhaps we ought to feel instead that to cease to be warlike means to begin to be civilized and decent.