Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?

Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their gladiators.

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.