"ONE WORLD"
Sir-Norman Corwin was here on a worthy mission, The good intentions of his broadcast cannot be in doubt, even if. one is tempted to criticise here and there his judgment or his logic. I should like to point out only one of his fallacies because it is such a common one. He said: "We went to war to’ prove that Fascism was incontrovertibly wrong. .. . The arguing has been done, and the decision is in." War proves only which side has available the greater amount of force, Surely Corwin would not suggest that might is right? This form of "argument" could only be defended by Fascists themselves.
Had we lost the war instead of winning it, would we have conceded that democracy was "incontrovertibly wrong?" The danger lies in the assumption that violence can be used for moral ends. Already we are being familiarised with the suggestion that a Communist menace no less grim than the Nazi one must be fought: When shall we awake to the fact that war itself is the greatest of all
our enemies?
R.
GOODMAN
(Titirangi).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 14
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182"ONE WORLD" New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 387, 22 November 1946, Page 14
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