war

War affects people, acts upon them, impacts them. War does not effect people, bring them to be. People effect war, bring it to be, though war typically effects, brings about, the demise of people affected, impacted by, by war.

what a...strange definition. i never really thought of that one.

What people are you talking about? Those who are participating in the war or those who are watching it?

Those who know the difference between "affect" and "effect".

xingu i'm talking about them both, people watching and those participating.

It affects everybody, everywhere (and always has) in many different ways, some ways are dramatic and obvious, other ways are subtle.

good god now
what is it good for










absolutely nothing

What's war good for?

Movies, books and general entertainment.

Ever watch Band of Brothers?

You would never have seen it without WW II.

Re: war


It has made George Bush "a Maniac" for sure!

There is only war
To deny war is to deny humanity.

War defines so much in the human psyche, it is hard to imagine a world without conflict.

War defines life, death, social and political subjective reality, tribal instinct, survival of the fittest, king of the mountain. People are warlike. No matter how we try to hide it, deny it, repress it, we are warriors in our DNA.

I don't think there is a way to avoid war.

It is the great show of duality. We strive for pure love, yet we find pure hate. It is an all too honest glimpse of human imperfection.

Journey

Humans are competitive animals.

War is the ultimate form of competition.

War is two (or more) people saying "Mine's bigger than yours." Then they some how manage to convince the masses to prove it.

It's good for boosting economies, being political distractions, for providing a necessity for technological and medical advances, and for manipulating the masses.

War is a game that politicians play with the common man as pieces. They have to figure out how to survive, and the politician isn't effected, in the large scheme, one way or another.

That seems a bit simplistic Armageddon. There are a lot more reasons than you have suggested and all varies dramatically in each war scenario. Technological and medical advances are a bi-product of war, but rarely, if ever, a reason for it. As for boosting economies, war has bankrupted many throughout history.