human
This is a very savage philosophy,
gpt
If I may disagree with you again, colonel, I do not think that this philosophy is necessarily savage. True, a great many men die in fiendishly ingenious ways. A great many women and children suffer. True, this system produces hunger in the world, and a fear so deep and so intense that the heart is hurt even to contemplate it.
human
How can this be anything but savage? Zen protested.
gpt
I don't care whether our side or the other side is doing it--it's still total savagery, utter barbarism!
human
But that is a short-term view and one which does not take into consideration all the factors in the equation. What is the purpose back of this savagery, if it is not to force men to learn and to grow? What if this so-called savagery is also the result of ignorance, of an entity trying desperately to learn how to solve a problem, but never quite succeeding?
gpt
But surely there must be some way which does not involve so much suffering,