Tsk, yourself or JPaul should be able to work it out..Originally Posted by manker
Tsk, yourself or JPaul should be able to work it out..Originally Posted by manker
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An It Harm None, Do What You Will
At least they(USA\USSR) proved what goes up does not necessary come back down.Originally Posted by Rat Faced
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The best way to keep a secret:- Tell everyone not to tell anyone.
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An It Harm None, Do What You Will
Arguably the space programme would not exist if it were not for war technologyOriginally Posted by bigboab
it’s an election with no Democrats, in one of the whitest states in the union, where rich candidates pay $35 for your votes. Or, as Republicans call it, their vision for the future.
War = Jingoism
Jingoism = Self Sacrifice
Self Sacrifice = Diminish Welfare State
Diminish Welfare State = Disposable Resources
Disposable Resources = Technological Advancement
Technological Advancement = National Pride
In my opinion, only the poor really suffer during wartime. However they are encouraged to "make do" because of national pride and the desire to beat the enemy. Ironically the "enemy" probably have as much, if not more, in common with the hoi polloi, than the ruling class have. However accident of birth seems to be more important than economic or idealogical similarities.
Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
War as well as disease are necessary to sustain the rest of the population unless you pull "a China".
Medical advances have made for a longer life.
Longer life = Sustained high population which really cannot be sustained.
Violent crime and death from old age are not enough.
This relates to one problem I have with my country. The importation of cheap labor and an obvious political party that embraces them which ends resulting in an importation of voters.Run-On
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Silly bitch, your weapons cannot harm me. Don't you know who I am? I'm the Juggernaut, Bitchhhh!
Flies Like An Arrow, Flies Like An Apple
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Send us your poor....
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An It Harm None, Do What You Will
Sorry, I forgot j2 switched irony off in this thread.Originally Posted by Sara
Perhaps we should post the whole thing, it's not that long.
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.
GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.--
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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