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Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli

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Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:47:39 +0000, jimp wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> Right, there are no revolutions anywhere by the "pawns".
>> 
> 
> Are you denying the fact that, due to the whims of a very
> small number of communist paranoiacs, for at least fifty years
> the world was locked in a stalemate called the Cold War that
> easily could have led to a nuclear confrontation resulting
> in tens of millions of casualties?
> 
> I hope not.

And what was it that ended those communist regimes?

> The same scenario, fueled by the widespread delusion known
> as "nationalism," was responsible for all past major conflicts.

Sure by a narrow definition of "nationalism" and ignoring religon.

>> Less than a third of a modern military are combat troops.
>> 
> 
> Not any more.  Non-combat troops are being eliminated in favor
> of civilian contractors.  The army is now, or at least very soon
> will be, 100% "killers."

Utter nonsense; the percentage of support troops is constantly growing
as warfare becomes more technological.

> But this is not really the main point.
> 
>>> 
>>> If my government comes to me and demands my service, I will tell
>>> them to kiss my ass.  If everyone did the same, then all war would
>>> come to an end.
>> 
>> A very childish dream.
>>
> 
> No, it certainly is not.  The government exists to serve me, and not
> vice versa.  As soon as everybody begins to strongly assert this
> ideal then we will have a stable world.

Yes, it certainly is for a great number of reasons.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 20:05 -0500
  Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-11 22:13 -0500
    Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-12 05:10 +0000
      Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 08:45 +0200
        Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-12 21:11 +0000
          Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 00:04 +0200
            Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-12 23:19 +0000
              Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 01:37 +0200
              Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-12 23:47 +0000
                Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-13 01:11 +0000
                Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-13 02:30 +0000
          Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 01:10 +0200
      Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-12 12:07 -0500
    Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-12 18:46 -0700
      Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-13 02:32 +0000
        Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-08-13 13:59 -0700
          Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-13 22:58 +0000
            Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-08-14 01:13 +0000
              Re: How science lost one of its greatest minds in the trenches of Gallipoli jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-14 01:56 +0000

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