"...wars occur because there are standing armies and/or people with weapons?"
At no point in any of these posts did I make any references to how wars start -- this is intentional.
I'm glad that your lack of insight gets you modded up.
I agree that politics and economics are part of starting wars (mainly through their dysfunction), but I don't know how many times I can stress, once a war has been "declared" who has the power to kill people? or not to kill people? If you think of soldiers as diplomats instead of killers, and grant them the rights of diplomats rather than killers, you might get an idea of what I'm saying.
BTW: I have never posted flamebait. I have also never posted with the intent to get a reward other than discussion. Karma means nothing. My nick will always be attached to my comments.
Interesting thought.
"The people who start wars and are responsible for wars are rarely the same people who fight them."
So when it boils down to a battlefield, after all "responsible" people are in safety, who is left in control of the situation?
PS: I'm not a marketing exec, I'm not about repeating or creating mind warping and socially accepted slogans, I know an interesting idea when I see one.
HINT: If you are into post-modern identity chrisis (AC), then I'd suggest you keep your mouth shut and keep yourself invisible and thoughtless.
Hello,
I do not work for company XYZ, but I feel it's my right to rally against it.
You see, advertising on the internet has been proven ineffective; banner ads, pop-up windows, and silly flash games (where is Homer employed? A... B... C: NUCLEAR POWER PLANT D...), just do not fool you or the average person who tends to use the internet to accomplish an objective that does not include penis enlargement.
Company XYZ, a hardware/software/technology company, after spending billions on market research found that 99% of the people who drool or get dilated pupils when brushed with a picture of a sleek piece of hardware or a statistic showing an enormous polygon count, do read Slashdot. They also found that outside of the corporate sector, there are people who have fetishes for soldering irons, CAD-case designs, screwdrivers, and copper bracelets. These people, the study confirmed, will actually buy and put new things in their computers.
Company XYZ, with a limited advertising budget (research is so expensive), decided that spamming free web forums with product announcements could ingrain the corporate name in a large number of people's heads and actually make people think about possible scenarios/wet dreams with products of XYZ CO, creating an emotional "moment" with the product and the company that other forms can not attain... all this for the price of their already adequate internet connections.
Company XYZ is powerful, let me tell you. You're free-wheeling rebellious days on the public web forums are over. Be prepared to be baited back for one more round of Linux roll calls, and succumb to the dark and sinister product placement of company XYZ! Yes. The web is owned. Don't fear though, someone has to have something good to say about VIA.
After finding no money in the annoying socially dispicable spam industry, the spammers find a more lucrative annoying and socially dispicable industry (law).
Damn it, my computer is always performing illegal operations. Last week my dad went on dialysis, and what do you know? He asked me if I had a kidney I could lend him. How am I going to explain that my computer cut my extra one out and put it on the black market?
Slashdot Mirror
"OMG, nicks are nothing, they are anonymous, they are free, you can have as many nicks as you have personalities you want to present."
;)
... you are saying posting as AC is worthless? Are you on drugs?
where are the insight points.
Why does the soldier put himself/herself in the victims role?
"...wars occur because there are standing armies and/or people with weapons?"
At no point in any of these posts did I make any references to how wars start -- this is intentional.
I'm glad that your lack of insight gets you modded up.
I agree that politics and economics are part of starting wars (mainly through their dysfunction), but I don't know how many times I can stress, once a war has been "declared" who has the power to kill people? or not to kill people? If you think of soldiers as diplomats instead of killers, and grant them the rights of diplomats rather than killers, you might get an idea of what I'm saying.
BTW: I have never posted flamebait. I have also never posted with the intent to get a reward other than discussion. Karma means nothing. My nick will always be attached to my comments.
Interesting thought. "The people who start wars and are responsible for wars are rarely the same people who fight them." So when it boils down to a battlefield, after all "responsible" people are in safety, who is left in control of the situation? PS: I'm not a marketing exec, I'm not about repeating or creating mind warping and socially accepted slogans, I know an interesting idea when I see one. HINT: If you are into post-modern identity chrisis (AC), then I'd suggest you keep your mouth shut and keep yourself invisible and thoughtless.
People who shoot the guns are the people responsible for war.
"...Or the beginning of an (unholy) marriage of man and machine?"
I still can't marry a boyfriend (man and man).
Get your priorities right.
"'Maybe the PlayStation 6 or 7 will be based on biotechnology,' he said." Meanwhile Playstation 3 - PS10 will also be based on memes.
Hello,
I do not work for company XYZ, but I feel it's my right to rally against it.
You see, advertising on the internet has been proven ineffective; banner ads, pop-up windows, and silly flash games (where is Homer employed? A... B... C: NUCLEAR POWER PLANT D...), just do not fool you or the average person who tends to use the internet to accomplish an objective that does not include penis enlargement.
Company XYZ, a hardware/software/technology company, after spending billions on market research found that 99% of the people who drool or get dilated pupils when brushed with a picture of a sleek piece of hardware or a statistic showing an enormous polygon count, do read Slashdot. They also found that outside of the corporate sector, there are people who have fetishes for soldering irons, CAD-case designs, screwdrivers, and copper bracelets. These people, the study confirmed, will actually buy and put new things in their computers.
Company XYZ, with a limited advertising budget (research is so expensive), decided that spamming free web forums with product announcements could ingrain the corporate name in a large number of people's heads and actually make people think about possible scenarios/wet dreams with products of XYZ CO, creating an emotional "moment" with the product and the company that other forms can not attain... all this for the price of their already adequate internet connections.
Company XYZ is powerful, let me tell you. You're free-wheeling rebellious days on the public web forums are over. Be prepared to be baited back for one more round of Linux roll calls, and succumb to the dark and sinister product placement of company XYZ! Yes. The web is owned. Don't fear though, someone has to have something good to say about VIA.
After finding no money in the annoying socially dispicable spam industry, the spammers find a more lucrative annoying and socially dispicable industry (law).
You must be a "nice guy" as well.
Damn it, my computer is always performing illegal operations. Last week my dad went on dialysis, and what do you know? He asked me if I had a kidney I could lend him. How am I going to explain that my computer cut my extra one out and put it on the black market?
damn illegal operations... I'll tell ya.