doboprobodyne<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://agora.echelon.pl/users/kravietz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kravietz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LukaszOlejnik</span></a></span> </p><p>Thank you! that's a really thoughtful post. To me, it really drives home <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LukaszOlejnik</span></a></span> 's excellent observation about the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GenevaConventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenevaConventions</span></a>.</p><p>Humanity's striving to respect the <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/RightToLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToLife</span></a> of non-combatants has been observed to occur both as a religious (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_peace_traditions#Peace_of_God" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic</span><span class="invisible">_peace_traditions#Peace_of_God</span></a>) and martial (<a href="https://cilj.co.uk/2020/08/30/sun-tzus-art-of-war-and-the-first-principles-of-international-humanitarian-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cilj.co.uk/2020/08/30/sun-tzus</span><span class="invisible">-art-of-war-and-the-first-principles-of-international-humanitarian-law/</span></a>) principle, but was only really codified into law by Lieber in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> 's <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> (<a href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lieber.asp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_centu</span><span class="invisible">ry/lieber.asp</span></a>) and took longer still to be brought into widespread <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.32_GC-III-EN.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">un.org/en/genocideprevention/d</span><span class="invisible">ocuments/atrocity-crimes/Doc.32_GC-III-EN.pdf</span></a>)</p><p>I realise that's longwinded, but that <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> for life I describe the "world" as having - even in <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> - is as fragile as it is important, and it's formal adoption is still being kindled, being fanned into the torch that we all hope will light our way forever. I hope such careful posts as yours will continue to galvanise to action those who want a pathway toward <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/non" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>non</span></a>-combatants not being killed en-mass to achieve paltry, indecisive <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/martial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>martial</span></a> objectives.</p><p>I include a link to the wikipedia <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WestphalianSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestphalianSystem</span></a> article for completeness, as I suspect the principles it describes, and upon which it sought to maintain peace, are those on which people often very widely agree: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westphalian_system" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westphal</span><span class="invisible">ian_system</span></a></p>