Actually no. You hit on a couple other salient points, entirely different from my own. And gave more of an out, because half my comment was just rhetorical cruelty, making it very hard for the other person to go "well, perhaps you're right" without feeling like they have lost the battle and soon the Ceasar will give the thumbs down.
My old landlord was the kind of person who would go around to the houses he was renting and slap flags all over them, saying we're just poor scum and can't do anything about it because he owns the houses. He's rabidly pro-war but has made it clear he thinks he is too above actually getting *sent* out to fight. He's too rich and important after all.
Also, you can join the military at 16 and a half years of age, they haven't changed that for a long time. Heh.
Not trying to start up a new part of the argument or anything, just pointing that out. Blah.
I'm anti-war, but I think it'll be a case if this country goes down the shitter thanks to the economy utterly shattering because no one's paying attention to it all the smart people will just move to northern europe or elsewhere.
I coulda sworn you couldn't sign up until you were 18. But, I took a look at their recruiting site, and either we're both wrong or you're right: it said between the ages of 17-35.
Your landlord sounds like a scumbucket. Sorry 'bout that. I could kick him in the nuts if you wanted. $20 fee, though. ;)
I think anyone with a soul is against war in general. War sucks. People die. Very young people die, and they do so in horrible, screaming ways. It's possible, however, to understand war, be a principled person, and still think your nation should engage in war. I don't think we should go to war, for various reasons, but I'm willing to sit down and talk about it without beginning the discussion by saying "you, sir, are a coward."
I think the perception of Europe - any part of Europe - as an enlightened wonderland is kind of strange. Ditto for Canada. I think economies move in cycles, and that if we don't panic, we'll come out of the current recession just fine. A number of viable alternative energy technologies already exist and are functional. If oil disappears to the extent that filling your tank becomes more expensive than refitting it with a fuel cell or whatever, I think we'll just switch. In fact, I've sort of figured that's how it'll work for a long time. The oil will eventually become so rare that fuel cells or CNG become cheaper than anything else, and everyone will go "sign me up!"
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Actually no. You hit on a couple other salient points, entirely different from my own. And gave more of an out, because half my comment was just rhetorical cruelty, making it very hard for the other person to go "well, perhaps you're right" without feeling like they have lost the battle and soon the Ceasar will give the thumbs down.
And we are all special in our own special way.
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Also, you can join the military at 16 and a half years of age, they haven't changed that for a long time. Heh.
Not trying to start up a new part of the argument or anything, just pointing that out. Blah.
I'm anti-war, but I think it'll be a case if this country goes down the shitter thanks to the economy utterly shattering because no one's paying attention to it all the smart people will just move to northern europe or elsewhere.
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Your landlord sounds like a scumbucket. Sorry 'bout that. I could kick him in the nuts if you wanted. $20 fee, though. ;)
I think anyone with a soul is against war in general. War sucks. People die. Very young people die, and they do so in horrible, screaming ways. It's possible, however, to understand war, be a principled person, and still think your nation should engage in war. I don't think we should go to war, for various reasons, but I'm willing to sit down and talk about it without beginning the discussion by saying "you, sir, are a coward."
I think the perception of Europe - any part of Europe - as an enlightened wonderland is kind of strange. Ditto for Canada. I think economies move in cycles, and that if we don't panic, we'll come out of the current recession just fine. A number of viable alternative energy technologies already exist and are functional. If oil disappears to the extent that filling your tank becomes more expensive than refitting it with a fuel cell or whatever, I think we'll just switch. In fact, I've sort of figured that's how it'll work for a long time. The oil will eventually become so rare that fuel cells or CNG become cheaper than anything else, and everyone will go "sign me up!"
I guess I'm an optimist that way, though.