Friday, March 28, 2003

INCOMING!

We all hate war...every interview these days has someone saying this pablum. It's complete bullshit. Everyone on the planet loves war...when they're winning and sometimes even when they're losing.

Challening stuf from Scott (ewav).

War is what formed every country except for those godforsaken African
states drawn from arbitrary lines on a big map by European nations in
the early 20th century.

How many non-military historical figures can you name? I'd guess only
25-30% of the names you remember did something other than kill people
for a living.

Our sports and entertainments are all based on war motifs. Our
businesses are practically war machines in all but the legal sanction to
kill.

Everyone loves war. We love watching it on TV. We love hearing the
stories vets tell. We love reading about it. It's just spiffy.

The only problem with war comes up when we're losing and then it's a
very bad thing. And yet, I'd hazzard a guess that people still love
their warring losing times because they're such grand spectacles.

Life is boring. Getting up and going to work is deadening. Going to the
movies once a week is a mild pleasantry. Watching TV is tedious and soul
destroying. Reading takes too long and the Internet is about as
thrilling as tortilla chips. You can't stop eating an entire bag, but
when you're done you're very full and somehow unsatisfied.

So let us all embrace war. Let's all go out and advocate death and
destruction because it makes for great TV and radio. Let's get this
economy moving again! Let's rally around the troops and elect them to
senate when they return! Let's be lead blindly, because without
following there is no leading and without leaders, where would we be?

We would be floating adrift in the placid seas of life desperate for
anything to shake us, to challenge us, desperate for something enticing
to happen that could grab our attention and spark our imaginations.

War. What is it good for? Interesting stories. Say it again. Huh! War.


Scott
All this war talk has gotten me
Riled up and ready for action.
Watch your back Danforth!
Charlie's up in the trees!

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:: Posted by pete @ 08:26