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- [ A Prayer For War ] [ By Hedge ]
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- A Prayer For War
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- Hedge -96 (in your face beeeit'ch)
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- I sometimes get a bit confused. I see and hear people everywhere talking
- about what's on the news. If you ever stop to listen more carefully to what
- they are discussing, you will eventually find out that it is mostly about
- some war that is going on somewhere. If you listen even more carefully, you
- will hear that they feel war to be the utmost evil an cruel occupation for a
- country. This is where my confusion sets in. Why do they feel this way? Is
- it just the normal politically correct statement, or have they thought it
- over? Why is war considered to be something totally bad and peace/democracy
- something totally beyond criticism? Are these just merely definitions that
- holds no values? I will argue that they are, and point out the things I
- think need to be considered before putting peace before war.
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- There have been wars going on since the dawn of man. From the very beginning,
- there have been fights over territory, water, food or other needful things.
- Even the wise Greeks fought their wars and at the same time they proclaimed
- rationality to be the ideal. All these wars have had something in common.
- They have all survival as a foundation. This may seem somewhat contradictory,
- but let me elaborate. As I said in the very beginning of this paragraph, man
- has been fighting since the beginning. All these fights have concerned
- winning, or taking possession over, things that made survival easier. This
- can easily be understood by everyone. If you get the best food, wells and
- mating partners, chances are that your species, or tribe, will have greater
- success in surviving. As long as there is a chance of winning, and the
- reward will substantially enhance your chance of survival, people will fight.
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- So are these modern wars just some all-out lust for blood, since there isn't
- really any need to think about survival in the world today? I don't think
- they are. I hear scientists talking all the time about how man still holds
- primal urges, like for instance, the will to mate or protect his family. The
- way I see it, we are fighting for the same reasons as the stone age humans,
- but the advantages sought are much less pronounced. Nowadays we like to wrap
- the reasons in packages, economic or perhaps racial, but survival is always
- in the background. 'If we get hold of their oil, then maybe we can make our
- own country flourish.' 'If we kick all these <choose cultural belonging>
- out, then we will be able to feed our own people.' I think that this basic
- instinct has to be taken more seriously than the thought of man being peaceful
- in general. Lure him with a tasty morsel, and heads will roll.
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- Do these modern wars just bring misery and pain? Well, that's the whole
- purpose with fighting, to inflict more damage to the other part than he
- inflicts upon you. This inevitably leads to people dying and suffering. I,
- however, feel that it is to narrow-minded to think only about that side.
- When there is a war, evolution and technical progress take giant leaps. We
- get more inventions of importance during five years of war than during
- twenty non-war years. It is amazing what the fight for survival can make man
- achieve. And, since technical innovations can be used for other things than
- to fight wars with, for example better ways to use existing resources, we
- are actually increasing the potential of surviving when fighting a war. I
- can agree this seems a bit cold and calculating, but a need to crack eggs
- will always exist when making an omelet.
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- There is another side of war which I feel has gotten much less attention
- than it deserves. I am talking about the creativity of the people. During
- peace, people relax. During long periods of non-fighting, they stop to
- think. There is no need to think, you will survive anyway. This leads to a
- population of lazy non-intellectual retards. The only thing that concern
- them is what's on the TV, and if the taxes are being raised (again?). The
- 'democratic' peace loving state will make things even worse. Here, the state
- will even take care of things for you, reducing the 'risk' of having to use
- your brain even more. During a war, however, people have to think for
- themselves. If they don't, they will not survive. This will take their minds
- off petty things like the ones discussed above, and down to what really
- matters. Out of this comes the feeling of enjoying life. You fight for
- survival of your nation, and you are still alive, so you enjoy living.
- People who enjoy life, and feel the sensation of being a part of a tribe or
- nation, are capable of creating masterpieces in literature and other
- cultural fields. Look at the cultural history if you don't believe me.
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- No, I think it is time to start considering the advantages of war, not just
- the politically correct: 'Peace is good, war is bad' statements. Lets do
- what serves the public good best, so what if a few people die? For one
- thing, it will eventually stabilize the overpopulation!
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- And I get to play with guns more...
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- -Raise the flag, we're off to war
- who gives a damn what we are fighting for!
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- -Lets maim and murder, claim and rape
- when we're coming, there's no escape.
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