We did have just that, Gruff, till mere couple of centuries before ! Since then, we seem to have evolved, become more ' civilised,' or simply ' chickened ' out of such crude brutality.
On Jun 14, 4:17 am, 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!!- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
