The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

[Chula Vista]

*makes an asinine stupid retort*

laughing uncontrollably

Gotta run some errands, but you keep doing what you do Frowny, AKA, man-child.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Lack of perspective thought sucks.

Not for me. I'm all good.

You’re uncomfortable with breaking free from the mental slavery that is harmful allegiance to your tribe. That’s why you can’t see things from the perspective of the innocent civilians America murdered. Having perspective is having the understanding that it’s as unconscionable as murdering your daughter. Someone told me to do it doesn’t get you a pass. So again, and again, **** the US military.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

*makes an asinine stupid retort*

laughing uncontrollably

Gotta run some errands, but you keep doing what you do Frowny, AKA, man-child.

Sure thing, manchild! I have downtime at work today, so I can stick around.

Anyways, the united states military is currently occupying over 150 countries! Wow! I bet you can't find even 10% of that much local honour in other countries.

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Frownland

*enters home with a machete, kills someone, then enters bedroom screaming ready to kill more people*
*gets shot by the person who lives there*
*get discounts, parades, and compelled respect for the rest of life because that dude shot me*

Provided that the mayor of the town asked him to go to that house with his machete, it's a fair analogy of war.

We'd have to assume he either got some convincing arguments for why it would totally be a good idea. Or maybe he didn't much think about it but just wanted to serve the mayor of the town (? - never mind, just go with it) with hopes of gaining some socially elevated status or something like "honor"/"glory"/"respect".

Either way, some responsibility is on him for agreeing to the act, even if he'd perhaps have been put in trouble if he didn't agree.

Just imagine if all potential conscripts worldwide chose the path of civil disobedience (not an original thought, but it puts things into perspective when thinking about how wars are even possible to carry out). Like Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because they went into fueling a war effort. He willingly went to prison for that. It sucks, but perhaps the only ethically defensible course of action is one that would put one at odds with the government.

[Frownland]

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.”

-Rollo May

[Exo]

Originally Posted by Frownland

POW is a weird term to me. I wonder if anyone ever called Ted Bundy a prisoner of rape and murder.

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Frownland

POW is a weird term to me. I wonder if anyone ever called Lynette Fromme a prisoner of murder.

Better?

[Exo]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Better?

I get the point you're making. 'I'm just saying it's more complicated than that and you know it. I'm not a war supporter. I'm basically a pacifist. Yet, I'd have been in support of going to war in WWII knowing what we know now. Sometimes there's a gray area where there is no other choice but to fight back. Problem in the last 70 years though is that there were SO MANY other choices and we chose to go kill people. That I'm against.

Really? Squeaky?

[OccultHawk]

She was hot af

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by Exo

I get the point you're making. 'I'm just saying it's more complicated than that and you know it. I'm not a war supporter. I'm basically a pacifist. Yet, I'd have been in support of going to war in WWII knowing what we know now. Sometimes there's a gray area where there is no other choice but to fight back. Problem in the last 70 years though is that there were SO MANY other choices and we chose to go kill people. That I'm against.

It is definitely more complicated, but at its core it's all naivete and dickwaving.

Really? Squeaky?

She captured the "but they told me" side of it.