Exactly my point gruff, the fierceness, gruesome wanton killing with obliteration as the core objective but with "rules?". I say let's be done with it one way or another. Either all out war or all out humanitarianism! One for sure will end the other. Why do we ride the fence?
On Jun 13, 6:17 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > I have always thought war a fearsome nightmare and often wondered why > it had rules. Perhaps if war were less humane and more gruesome, kill > or be killed till there's no one left standing, slaughtering men, > women and children without recourse, destroying, obliterating each the > other, poisoning the water and the land, laying a wide swath of > devastation scattering body parts across the blood soaked landscape, > burning houses and crops, schools and churches, then perhaps we might > have less of it. > > On Jun 13, 2:42 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That was my intention to make you laugh! Yeah right! Perhaps I > > wasn't clear enough but............... > > > I'm very well aware of the Geneva Convention, the Hague, and the > > signators of the treaties and the protocol, but that is not what the > > thread is about. No where near what I was thinking. > > > Unfortunately, you are not grasping the intended inquiry of the thread > > and from what I've noticed in other threads, it's not the first time > > for you. This thread is aside from any treaties but more so about the > > "Why" of such a treaties. This is about the psychology behind the > > designing of such a treaty and what seems to me to be a quirk in the > > process of war. The objective is to kill the enemy, or is it? > > > We go from Killing to Humanitarianism, and so I'm simply asking why? > > I just see such a stark contrast. If we are so concerned in > > humanitarianism then why do we even bother engaging in wars that are > > in the extreme sense the total and complete opposite? > > > We bomb a city killing thousands then go in and shoot anything that > > moves, and then later, we treat the prisoners in a humanitarian way, > > the prisoners that given the opportunity would blow your head clean > > off. > > > I hope that clears it up but anyway thanks for the laugh!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
