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destroyerofevil
03-26-2004, 10:57 AM
In this forum i have decided to raise the issue of war. So please let a load off ur chest and tell me wat u think 'bout them.

chalice
03-26-2004, 11:02 AM
War!! What is it good for?

It's good for business!!

bowrabob
03-26-2004, 02:21 PM
It keeps people on their toes.

jetje
03-26-2004, 02:27 PM
War,

it feeds the rich
while it berries the poor

GNR

;)

RGX
03-26-2004, 02:28 PM
War often creates in its destruction. As with all things, its a compromise.

jazzthefunk
03-26-2004, 02:28 PM
It negates evolution from the mateial to the enlightened self and traps us forever in a cycle of otherness, fear and hate.
http://img40.photobucket.com/albums/v122/jazzthefunk/splash_buddha-pict.jpg

DarthInsinuate
03-26-2004, 03:02 PM
some of the most important technological advances have come from war

jetje
03-26-2004, 04:07 PM
Originally posted by DarthInsinuate@26 March 2004 - 17:02
some of the most important technological advances have come from war
is that because after they destroyed everything, you can start rebuild and there was money for new ideas and so ;) :lol:

BigBoo
03-26-2004, 04:32 PM
they inspire cool games ;)

Sparkle1984
03-26-2004, 10:52 PM
War is an evil thing that must be abolished by all nations. All it does is increase hatred and oppression.

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".

J'Pol
03-26-2004, 10:55 PM
If it wasn't for the second world war we would be far less advanced in powered flight and surgical technique.

Neo 721
03-26-2004, 10:59 PM
It keeps the US's fat milatary budget high

J'Pol
03-26-2004, 11:04 PM
Originally posted by Neo 721@26 March 2004 - 23:59
It keeps the US's fat milatary budget high
Fat and high, FFS.

Skweeky
03-26-2004, 11:11 PM
Pssssst Jetje

it's "buries" as in "to bury" :ph34r:

J'Pol
03-26-2004, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by Skweeky@27 March 2004 - 00:11
Pssssst Jetje

it's "buries" as in "to bury" :ph34r:
Hoi, I like JJ's posts and the spelling.

I think of them as his accent. In fact I have said as much.

Shtop, you are going too fasht.

Skweeky
03-26-2004, 11:21 PM
So do I, but I thought maybe he would prefer to know :)

He always reminds me of Ernie in Sesamstraat :lol:

Rat Faced
03-26-2004, 11:31 PM
I thought JJ was making a play on words that time..

Feeding the rich with berries... :P

J'Pol
03-26-2004, 11:31 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39255000/jpg/_39255257_becks_ernie298.jpg

JJ and Liam @ the last Mod's team bonding session

Neo 721
03-27-2004, 12:31 AM
Originally posted by J'Pol@27 March 2004 - 00:31
http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39255000/jpg/_39255257_becks_ernie298.jpg

JJ and Liam @ the last Mod's team bonding session
No wonder you here little from them these days, in fact apart from the usualy bunch does anyone know where the rest of them went?

chalice
03-27-2004, 12:31 AM
If it wasn't for war there'd be no war movies.

The Deer Hunter would be just about a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting deer instead of a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting themselves.

btw, There have been no recorded instances of Russian Roulette ever having been played in Vietnam. Camino just made that up. So if it wasn't for war then Michael Camino would have had nothing to embellish and The Deer Hunter would have been a much poorer movie.

Justification enough for the artistic endeavour that so many of you hippies call slaughter.

Neo 721
03-27-2004, 12:36 AM
yep, the movies were good, they have probably accounted for half the entertainment industry, still havent seen one on the battle of Jutland though.

mrcall1969
03-27-2004, 12:45 AM
I think it's well documented that even the most graphic of war movies are nothing like the true horrors of war.

I think that the vast majority of people killed in wars will never have had the chance to experience the "technologies" that have been developed through war.

But like it or not, war is and always has been a part of our society, i think we just have to learn better ways of settling differences.

chalice
03-27-2004, 01:01 AM
Originally posted by mrcall1969@27 March 2004 - 00:45
I think it's well documented that even the most graphic of war movies are nothing like the true horrors of war.
This may be true. Yet it is also possible that celluloid may be the most effective medium in which to convey the immediate visceral confusion of battle.

I've read my share of biogs and history lessons. Goodbye To All That and All Quiet On The Western Front may be beautiful and poignant and exasperated but they lack the pure whiplash recoil we get from ,say, that Nazi fuck sniping from his balcony in Schlinder's List.

mrcall1969
03-27-2004, 01:09 AM
Originally posted by chalice@27 March 2004 - 01:31
If it wasn't for war there'd be no war movies.

The Deer Hunter would be just about a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting deer instead of a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting themselves.

btw, There have been no recorded instances of Russian Roulette ever having been played in Vietnam. Camino just made that up. So if it wasn't for war then Michael Camino would have had nothing to embellish and The Deer Hunter would have been a much poorer movie.

Justification enough for the artistic endeavour that so many of you hippies call slaughter.
Very true, but, no offence intended, in your original post you seemed to link war with entertainment.

chalice
03-27-2004, 01:21 AM
Originally posted by mrcall1969+27 March 2004 - 01:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrcall1969 @ 27 March 2004 - 01:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-chalice@27 March 2004 - 01:31
If it wasn&#39;t for war there&#39;d be no war movies.

The Deer Hunter would be just about a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting deer instead of a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting themselves.

btw, There have been no recorded instances of Russian Roulette ever having been played in Vietnam. Camino just made that up. So if it wasn&#39;t for war then Michael Camino would have had nothing to embellish and The Deer Hunter would have been a much poorer movie.

Justification enough for the artistic endeavour that so many of you hippies call slaughter.
Very true, but, no offence intended, in your original post you seemed to link war with entertainment. [/b][/quote]
Um, I was being ironic.

Though, there is a question to be raised as to why we watch war movies and how their success has shaped Hollywood.

Neo 721
03-27-2004, 01:29 AM
True, but there is the factor of what would have happend if....................................

mrcall1969
03-27-2004, 01:42 AM
Originally posted by chalice+27 March 2004 - 02:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chalice @ 27 March 2004 - 02:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by mrcall1969@27 March 2004 - 01:09
<!--QuoteBegin-chalice@27 March 2004 - 01:31
If it wasn&#39;t for war there&#39;d be no war movies.

The Deer Hunter would be just about a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting deer instead of a load of hicks getting pissed and shooting themselves.

btw, There have been no recorded instances of Russian Roulette ever having been played in Vietnam. Camino just made that up. So if it wasn&#39;t for war then Michael Camino would have had nothing to embellish and The Deer Hunter would have been a much poorer movie.

Justification enough for the artistic endeavour that so many of you hippies call slaughter.
Very true, but, no offence intended, in your original post you seemed to link war with entertainment.
Um, I was being ironic.

Though, there is a question to be raised as to why we watch war movies and how their success has shaped Hollywood. [/b][/quote]
I apologise, I didn&#39;t sense the irony.

I think the operative word is &#39;Hollywood&#39;