Silly Wars...

clearlysuspect

....as promised on the WoW thread. Ready.... Go!

RBeckom

phobicsquirrel

World of Warcraft?

RBeckom

phobicsquirrel

I agree with you on this. Our society (US) is okay with violence, so much so in fact but sex we are in the 1800's. Even with a lot of things our country seems to be slipping to a bunch of no nothings. Teaching has gone to sh*t, news has gone to sh*t, and personalities and commentating has taken over our media. Even when our country was pushing for War there was not critical thinking from the media. Then with the new Iran thing, the experts are saying it's nuts but the people who are calling for bombing are getting the headlines. WAR is not the answer 99% of the time. Especially when a country is saying it's too broke for domestic issues but is all about bombs and invading and WAR. F*ucked up..

RBeckom

Amos Umwhat

Vulchor

Where have you gone wise words of Dwight Eisenhower?

RBeckom

clearlysuspect

Amos Umwhat

I like that!

beatnic

Amos Umwhat:

I like that!

+1

clearlysuspect

beatnic

" start attacking people who suppress their rights as citizens." "What rights are you tailing about?" What is a right? How is it defined? Define your terms. Cordially.

dennisking

Our society has been mentioned in this thread but how many of you or your children have seen death up close. Not talking about Granny or some Deer but actual brutal violent death, in your own country outside your doorstep. Until you think about the atrocities that happen in Africa, the kidnapping and using of women and children as human shields in Afghanistan, or the widespread death and destruction in Haiti where bodies were piled on streets, you haven't seen anything. We talk about "our country is bad about..... ( insert here) " but at the end of the day, be grateful our children have it so much better here than a lot of places.

christian1971

I have thankfully never been in a war. I do watch youtube which shows some very graphic videos of actual wars (Bosnia, Chechnya, Russia, Africa...). The brutality is unbelievable. People getting their necks cuts and so forth. I know youtube is "tv" but it is still shocking. One poor sould was being held down, and his necks slached and stabbed. After all that he still tried to get away.All because he was wearing a cross. This happened during the Russian and Chechnyan conflict.

Knoxca1

The US has not been in a war since WWII.

stephen_hannibal

Knoxca1

Last time congress declared war was in WWII. All other engagements they have authorized military force or police action. If they let the military wage war it would have been over years ago.

Amos Umwhat

Knoxca1

stephen_hannibal

JDH

The only truly “silly war” involving the US that I can think of would be the “Pig War” between the US and Great Britain; a dispute just prior to the Civil War over the territorial boundary of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific N.W of Puget Sound. It began on the big Island of San Juan when a pig owned by a British settler kept getting into the garden of an American farmer. The American warned the Britt to keep the pig out of his garden, but his pleas were ignored. Finally, the pig was killed, and, because the border between the US and Great Britain was not yet settled, both sides “rushed” troops to the island, and fixed fortifications were constructed. However, no shots were ever fired, and the Officers from both camps would host parties for each other on “neutral ground” between the two encampments. Finally, the border dispute was settled by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, who arbitrated the dispute. One footnote to this footnote of a “war” is that General George Pickett, who later would lead the infamous “Picket’s Charge” for the Confederate forces at Gettysburg was the Commander of the American forces on San Juan Island during the “Pig War”.

Knoxca1

clearlysuspect

dennisking:

Our society has been mentioned in this thread but how many of you or your children have seen death up close. Not talking about Granny or some Deer but actual brutal violent death, in your own country outside your doorstep. Until you think about the atrocities that happen in Africa, the kidnapping and using of women and children as human shields in Afghanistan, or the widespread death and destruction in Haiti where bodies were piled on streets, you haven't seen anything. We talk about "our country is bad about..... ( insert here) " but at the end of the day, be grateful our children have it so much better here than a lot of places.

Dennis, old friend, while I agree with everything you have said here is tragic, it should not stop those of us who live in more evolved societies from reaching to perfect our culture. I don't think anyone has said that our country is bad. It's simply imperfect.

RBeckom

RBeckom

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