Imagine that you were going along a street and saw a tipsy man beating a woman or a child; I think you would not stop to ask whether war had or had not been declared against that man, but you would rush at him and defend the victim!'
Figúrate que vas por la calle y ves unos borrachos golpeando a una mujer o a un niño. No creo que to detuvieras a preguntar si se ha declarado la guerra a ese hombre o no, sino que to lanzarías en defensa del ofendido.