I don't think it's defeatist to acknowledge things that are blatantly true - there's just nothing to be done about conflict like that, it's human nature. Give your average person a gun and it won't be long before it goes off simply because they wanted to know what it feels like to fire it. The primary difference between right and wrong is simply whether they chose to unload it into a board or into a person.
But then, were it not for war and crime I'd be out of a job, so I can't really complain about it too much, either.
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But then, were it not for war and crime I'd be out of a job, so I can't really complain about it too much, either.