You don’t protect my freedom Our Childish Insistence on Calling Soldiers Heroes

[Shankapotomus]

224. Maybe you're right

Staying out of World War 2 certainly didn't work for the Swiss with all of 100 civilian deaths during the whole war and zero military deaths compared to the millions of deaths for the nations that participated.

Your defense of the practice of soldiering over the pursuit of knowledge is becoming a joke.

I separately typed the word "scientist" and the word "soldier" into Google image. These were the first images that resulted for each:

Scientist:



Soldier:



Do you notice what each of them is holding? Do you not see the difference? One is holding weapon... which suggests the kind of activity they would be predominantly engaged in and to which others around them would be subjected.

The entire preponderance and evidence of history suggests humanity is far better off when humans limit their activity to engaging in science rather than warfare. All things being equal, humanity would be far better off without weapons of war and the people who wield them.

If you can't admit that or have some kind of mental block that prevents you from following that (or knowing what a peacemaker is after I gave you an example), I don't see how we can continue this discussion.