Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
DocZ wrote:
R3v0LuT!oN wrote:
Hmmm, but you cared enough to post a reply.
Mind explaining exactly why mankind "needs" wars? I'm curious.
war is progress, scientifically, biologically, survival of the fittest... Wa causes an economy boom, thins out the population (earth is getting severely overpopulated).
Example: Without WW2 we would probably not yet have jet and rocket propulsion technology... Every truly GREAT technology is born out of a weapon, without the German V bombs, US wouldn't be able to reverse engineer them and create NASA... Without the german invention of a "jet-engine", we wouldn't be able to create jet airplanes, without the A-bomb, we wouldn't have nuclear power to create the electricity we oh so need...
Without the cold war, we wouldn't have GPS satellites...
It comes down to:
peace = stagnation
war = progress
Basically:
Ferengi Rule of Acquisition n° 35: War is good for business
A world without war would be boring, believe me...
If the world is so overpopulated, why don't you help out by starting with removing yourself from the gene pool.
Overpopulation can't be solved by taking on this problem on an individual scale.
As to war relieving overpopulation stress, yes it does result in a reduction of human beings but then again part of the problem of overpopulation is the stress this causes on the environment. War in itself also draws some energy from the environment however.
He is partly right in saying war is progress however, although completely wrong in saying that peace is stagnation. War does provide a boom in many ways, it is under stress that we maximize our performance, when we really need to. There are upsides and downsides to anything, including war. Anyone saying otherwise is blind to the truth. Advances can also be made during peacetime, but not as fast.
Last edited by Rosse_modest (2006-09-22 12:53:14)