Indierockboy: I think you contradicted yourself--you said you didn't want to gauge the value of life, and then want on to talk about doing less damage through things like pacifism, veganism, etc. I'm not faulting how you live (I'm a pacifist and vegetarian, and concerned with economic justice as well)--but I just wanted to point out that you obviously do operate out of a set of percieved morals, as does everyone else.
Automatic Nate: I'm a Christian pacifist as well. I'd probably call myself a "christological pacifist" before an eschatological one, but eschatology is central to my system of belief. I just don't want to slip into the Niebuhrian fallacy of thinking that peace is an unattainable ideal on earth. I don't know if that's what you were implying, I was just stating my case.
At any rate, a great site dealing with violence/politics from a Christian perspective is
The Ekklesia Project, if you're interested.
Take care.
Scott