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Originally Posted by powerclown
Because we already know why people wage war, and its always for the same reasons. Reasons become patterns become human nature. People like roachboy can turn those patterns into a form of literary masturbation, but they are still just patterns. Many people in this thread have already told you why people wage war. Its not a trick question.
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Some have spoken in specifics, and I sincerely appreciate that. Others pulled the 'human nature' card like 50 times. Reasons do become patterns, but each step you take away from specific reasons moves into a more vague and disconnected area of thought. That is a hinderance to the debate after a point. Human nature, as has been said ad nausium at this point, is too vague to be discussed in this framework. "People just make war," is inane. It's essentially meaningless.
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Originally Posted by powerclown
The rhetorical question I have is what is the fascination with war and violence? Why do we gawk at traffic accidents? Why is it on the front page of the newspaper each day? We have historical documentation of formal acts of warfare going back thousands of years, sometimes in the most minute and dedicated detail. There are forms of weaponry of the most elaborate design and craftsmanship. Think about the sick mind that devised the guillotine. Why don't people chronicle acts of peace? Was there ever a Pelopennesian Peace? The Peace of 1312? World Peace II? The Hundred Years' Peace? The Punic Peace?
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I don't gawk at accidents, I pull over and help.