Britian : 'We went to war to keep the Army busy'

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16-01-2011, 03:38 PM
FlyFree

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And it doesn't change the fact that the world urgently needs a serious reduction in population, and family planning ain't gonna do it.

this ain't no fact , there is plenty of resources just the distribution is inequitable .

This is starting to sound like liberal wet dreams. I see even old Tommy is getting in on the act, bless his rotting 'brain'.

No, we re NOT ever gonna get to Nirvana, where all are equal, all resources are spread equitably and all are singing Kumbaya. IT AIN"T EVER GONNA HAPPEN.

Reality is man is part of nature. We hoard, we are selfish, we kill. It's not going to change, no matter how much social shaping is attempted. Same same marriage/monogamy.

I simply try and climb out of the childish fantasy world we have been trying to build for the last half century, failing dismally, and face the reality of who we are.
16-01-2011, 03:40 PM
Mid

wot a load of ,

just look at how much we have changed in our known history .
16-01-2011, 03:44 PM
FlyFree

How. Please, examples. You say how much we've changed. Examples - multiple. My perception is that those changes were superficial, and crack at the slightest nudge.
16-01-2011, 04:29 PM
Mid

too easy , we have evolved from maundering tribes into civilizations who for the most part are able to live together in relative peace .
16-01-2011, 04:34 PM
astasinim

Relative peace. Come on Mid, your not that naive. We might not be wandering marauders any more, but wars are being fought everyday (and not just with guns either), due to mans desire for power. I dont believe it will ever change either.
16-01-2011, 04:36 PM
crippen

Has Thailand ever been at war with anybody????:confused: Outside it's own borders.
16-01-2011, 04:41 PM
Mid

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Originally Posted by crippen

Has Thailand ever been at war with anybody

Burma
16-01-2011, 05:01 PM
Little Chuchok

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

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those living in freedom in the west these days would do well to remember the bravely and sacrifice of those who died to preserve those freedoms that we enjoy today.

Indeed. And it is their sacrifice that means the days of needing sizeable standing armies in the civilised world is over.

Exactly, that's why armies today are small in comparison.
16-01-2011, 08:19 PM
socal

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Yeah, like the allies armies in WW2.

Why not mention the Napoleonic armies for all the relevance they have to the world today?

oh yeah, we live in a different world now. like the world before WW1
16-01-2011, 08:23 PM
socal

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Originally Posted by FlyFree

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Originally Posted by Mid

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Originally Posted by FlyFree

And it doesn't change the fact that the world urgently needs a serious reduction in population, and family planning ain't gonna do it.

this ain't no fact , there is plenty of resources just the distribution is inequitable .

This is starting to sound like liberal wet dreams. I see even old Tommy is getting in on the act, bless his rotting 'brain'.

No, we re NOT ever gonna get to Nirvana, where all are equal, all resources are spread equitably and all are singing Kumbaya. IT AIN"T EVER GONNA HAPPEN.

Reality is man is part of nature. We hoard, we are selfish, we kill. It's not going to change, no matter how much social shaping is attempted. Same same marriage/monogamy.

I simply try and climb out of the childish fantasy world we have been trying to build for the last half century, failing dismally, and face the reality of who we are.

The world is flooded with natural gas and there is almost no limit on nuclear energy.
16-01-2011, 09:09 PM
Tom Sawyer

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Originally Posted by crippen

Has Thailand ever been at war with anybody????:confused: Outside it's own borders.

First World War - and they (Siam) were a party to the Treaty of Versaiiles. They were on the side of the Allies, unlike the Second World War when Japan made them their bitch.
17-01-2011, 02:58 AM
billy the kid

only one minor detail in spelling ' Britain'.
21-01-2011, 04:44 PM
FlyFree

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too easy , we have evolved from maundering tribes into civilizations who for the most part are able to live together in relative peace .

You confuse how we've changed what we do and how we live with, well, how WE changed. We haven't changed at all. In fact I've been trying to think how we have changed, and cannot think of even one example.

When everything is hunky-dory we are able to keep the face of our 'change' up. One bump in the road and it falls off.

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