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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:43 PM Original message |
Is it possible to have rules in war? |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not quite on point, |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Speaking of which, try finding "Christmas in the Trenches" by |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I just reserved it |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I did and pulled out my guitar and played it for him. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. He did? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well shiver me timbers! I found it. |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You total doll............. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Great story -- thanks |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. As a combat vet I respect the GCs and basic humanity but... |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. § Don't Like Having To Think On This At All! |
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Sir_Snooze (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. However... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The longer the half life, the LESS radioactive a material is. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Respectfully, I beg to differ. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. The rate of decay is so slow that it is almost stopped. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Respectfully, I think your analogy is flawed. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. You are confusing heavy metal poisoning with radioactivity. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. True |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Like anything else we have to be prepared to give more than you receive |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. § When One Lives And Others Die - One Is Alive. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. Not the "end game" |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. § When One Is Dead, It Does Not Matter To The Living. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. That completely fails to acknowledge |
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emanymton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 05:26 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Yes. You Are Right But This Does Not Matter When You Are Alive |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. There was a time, not too long ago, when stating this was not even |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. War traditional was between armies as in national breakdown |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. it's easy to say |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. That doesn't excuse our failure to abide |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, let's go back to the first war in memory, the Trojan War. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Was mustard gas or other kinds used during WW2? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We used The Bomb to end the war. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. The Mongols, Vikings, and some other cultures were quite the opposite |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. Yes, and we seem to be following their war culture. n/t |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. war should be symbolic |
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Sir_Snooze (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yep |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Actually, chimps kill for pleasure too. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Not always. |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I agree with your second point |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Actually we do that, and very much too. |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. generally |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Morals don't win wars. Kicking the other guys butt wins wars. NT |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Lose more morally or less morally, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. With a nuke or three we could end the war in Iraq |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. About nukes. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. Basically, they are wishful thinking. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Totally ignores the concept of honor |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Easy to say from a safe armchair. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. "War is not about honor" |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, there's just no way to enforce them unless there's an... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:56 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. There was after WWII |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That was for two major reasons. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. And if the Germans and Japanese had won? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Hitler was doomed for the same reason we are doomed in Iraq |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Your "if" is a fantasy. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. In the long run they always have |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. History is replete with good guys that lost. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. So now you're left with how to define "good" |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 12:14 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. How much war have you seen - up close & personal? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:17 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. None |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. Is it possible to have rules in war? Yes. |
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kahleefornia (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-03-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. yes - how can you claim moral superiority |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
39. What's the difference between dropping bombs or planting them? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. If he was a Jew in Poland |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
40. We are the good guys. It's that simple. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. hear hear |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is not about rules but just a story about war |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Another great story |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
73. Charlie and the NVA used Vung Tau for R&R, too ... alongside GIs. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
44. No. For the innocent die in times of war too. And in the war for oil, |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. Yes |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. "it's obvious" |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Sanity is at a premium |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
51. It better be |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. ahhh the 1500s, where you could behead people because of religion |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
72. Not anymore. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 03:07 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Seems like |
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