Who wants a war?

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:20pm #1

I'll tell you who, me. After viewing images from the recent Georgian conflict I think it is just about time for another epic scale war between genuine first world nations. I want full scale armor and artillery bombardments, chemical weapons, dead civilians, dead soldiers, dead everything. I want to see it played out before my eyes like some sort of soap opera each night on the news. I want images of national leaders in black suits and red ties pounding at mahogany desks as they send a thousand soldiers to their deaths without blinking, I want fighter jets strafing airfields, I want POW tortured, I want pepper red explosions to burst forth as if hell itself has shown its unbridled fury to the world, I want missiles launched into the night sky miles from those who will soon be lying torn and broken in the scorched rubble of their shattered home. I want to see a war.

biko · 03-09-2008 12:22pm

And reported by Fox and journalists in flak jackets.

Relevant · 03-09-2008 12:23pm

I know this counts as personal abuse but i think people will agree when i say that you are an idiot

Fanny Cradock · 03-09-2008 12:23pm

Rent out Platoon instead.

pablomakaveli · 03-09-2008 12:23pm

Everyone always say they hate war and are against it but when there is a big war the round the clock news coverage show that many people find it entertaining. Remember the invasion of Iraq when people were glued to their tv screens watching it on the news.

R0ot · 03-09-2008 12:24pm

This isn't the way new wars will be fought though, it'll be nuke them, then retaliation then we are all screwed. :pac:

m3llowship · 03-09-2008 12:24pm

Relevant wrote: »

I know this counts as personal abuse but i think people will agree when i say that you are an idiot

I second that motion.
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m3llowship · 03-09-2008 12:25pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

I'll tell you who, me. After viewing images from the recent Georgian conflict I think it is just about time for another epic scale war between genuine first world nations. I want full scale armor and artillery bombardments, chemical weapons, dead civilians, dead soldiers, dead everything. I want to see it played out before my eyes like some sort of soap opera each night on the news. I want images of national leaders in black suits and red ties pounding at mahogany desks as they send a thousand soldiers to their deaths without blinking, I want fighter jets strafing airfields, I want POW tortured, I want pepper red explosions to burst forth as if hell itself has shown its unbridled fury to the world, I want missiles launched into the night sky miles from those who will soon be lying torn and broken in the scorched rubble of their shattered home. I want to see a war.

What the hell is wrong with you?

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Dun laoire · 03-09-2008 12:26pm

That's it son, just let it all out.

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:27pm

R0ot wrote: »

This isn't the way new wars will be fought though, it'll be nuke them, then retaliation then we are all screwed. :pac:

Don't be so sure, mutually assured destruction would make them think twice

aidan24326 · 03-09-2008 12:28pm

biko wrote: »

And reported by Fox and journalists in flak jackets.

Who will be told in an anxious voice to 'keep safe' by the studio news anchor even though the pleb in the flak jacket is probably 30 miles from where any real fighting is taking place.

Relevant wrote: »

I know this counts as personal abuse but i think people will agree when i say that you are an idiot

I certainly agree. The fool saying he wants a war mightn't be so keen if it was happening on his own doorstep, and he had to witness his own family and friends being killed and injured, a harsh reality that's often filtered out of sanitised news reports that glorify war with their 'shock and awe' slogans and the like. Sky News are probably the biggest offenders of all in this regard.

thelordofcheese · 03-09-2008 12:29pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

I'll tell you who, me. After viewing images from the recent Georgian conflict I think it is just about time for another epic scale war between genuine first world nations. I want full scale armor and artillery bombardments, chemical weapons, dead civilians, dead soldiers, dead everything. I want to see it played out before my eyes like some sort of soap opera each night on the news. I want images of national leaders in black suits and red ties pounding at mahogany desks as they send a thousand soldiers to their deaths without blinking, I want fighter jets strafing airfields, I want POW tortured, I want pepper red explosions to burst forth as if hell itself has shown its unbridled fury to the world, I want missiles launched into the night sky miles from those who will soon be lying torn and broken in the scorched rubble of their shattered home. I want to see a war... but i don't want to have to fight in it

I fixed that for you.

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:30pm

aidan24326 wrote: »

Who will be told in an anxious voice to 'keep safe' by the studio news anchor even though the pleb in the flak jacket is probably 30 miles from where any real fighting is taking place.

I certainly agree. The fool saying he wants a war mightn't be so keen if it was happening on his own doorstep, and he had to witness his own family and friends being killed and injured, a harsh reality that's often filtered out of sanitised news reports that glorify war with their 'shock and awe' slogans and the like. Sky News are probably the biggest offenders of all in this regard.

Who said anything about being affected directly by the war, no, I just have a desire to view it much like a film or television series, only with higher stakes

chin_grin · 03-09-2008 12:32pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

I'll tell you who, me. After viewing images from the recent Georgian conflict I think it is just about time for another epic scale war between genuine first world nations. I want full scale armor and artillery bombardments, chemical weapons, dead civilians, dead soldiers, dead everything. I want to see it played out before my eyes like some sort of soap opera each night on the news. I want images of national leaders in black suits and red ties pounding at mahogany desks as they send a thousand soldiers to their deaths without blinking, I want fighter jets strafing airfields, I want POW tortured, I want pepper red explosions to burst forth as if hell itself has shown its unbridled fury to the world, I want missiles launched into the night sky miles from those who will soon be lying torn and broken in the scorched rubble of their shattered home. I want to see a war.

Put the controller down and step away from Call of Duty 4.

challengemaster · 03-09-2008 12:34pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

Who said anything about being affected directly by the war, no, I just have a desire to view it much like a film or television series, only with higher stakes

Go join the Irish defence forces. GL HF.

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:34pm

thelordofcheese wrote: »

I fixed that for you.

Yeah, thats what I meant

aidan24326 · 03-09-2008 12:35pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

Who said anything about being affected directly by the war, no, I just have a desire to view it much like a film or television series, only with higher stakes

So basically you want to be entertained by the misery and suffering of others? As has been said you want a war once you don't have to dirty your own hands.

War is an ugly business, and like I said it's not about the glorified bullsh1t that we see on Sky News. It's about ordinary people being killed and maimed left, right and centre. It's not just soldiers who die in a war.

Relevant · 03-09-2008 12:37pm

I am willing to bet anything that the OP is an emo

chin_grin · 03-09-2008 12:38pm

Relevant wrote: »

I am willing to bet anything that the OP is an emo

+1

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:39pm

aidan24326 wrote: »

So basically you want to be entertained by the misery and suffering of others? As has been said you want a war once you don't have to dirty your own hands.

War is an ugly business, and like I said it's not about the glorified bullsh1t that we see on Sky News. It's about ordinary people being killed and maimed left, right and centre. It's not just soldiers who die in a war.

I don't care about people being killed in this war I postulate, isn't there some saying about breaking eggs to make omelette's? I am not willing to make any personal sacrifice of any kind but that doesn't mean that I can't be entertained by the plight of others

Cool_CM · 03-09-2008 12:39pm

chin_grin wrote: »

Put the controller down and step away from Call of Duty 4.

Just sit back and watch other people kill each other in spectator mode.

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 12:40pm

I DO I DO I DO!!

seriously, id love one. safe here on me little island heehee.

let technology evolve a bit more i say!

dont listen to the other OP, youre on the freekin ball here!

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:40pm

Relevant wrote: »

I am willing to bet anything that the OP is an emo

No, far from it in fact

Captain Ginger · 03-09-2008 12:42pm

I'm willing to bet OP is a 13 year old who's played a little too much Call of Duty.

Cool_CM · 03-09-2008 12:43pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Vaz9jW054

Still want a war? Speak tells it like it is...

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 12:45pm

meh, theres too many people. need a bit of extermination to clean thingsd up.

also, i for one am getting pretty sick of the god complex that the states has adopted over the last few decades. now that theyre runnin a bit low with oil, and russia and china have lots. i say tear down the states and welcome in communism!

YEY COMMUNISM LOVES YOU

chin_grin · 03-09-2008 12:45pm

Cool_CM wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Vaz9jW054

Still want a war? Speak tells it like it is...

BRILLIANT, forgot about this vid.

"Yee com oun!"

Terry · 03-09-2008 12:46pm

Relevant wrote: »

I know this counts as personal abuse but i think people will agree when i say that you are an idiot

m3llowship wrote: »

I second that motion.
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Banned.

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 12:50pm

Terry wrote: »

Banned.

THATS WHAT WE NEED! a leader like terry!

INDISCRIMINANT, COLD, AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!

Terry, if theres ever a big war where Ireland defeats the world, and I personally get to vote for the new leader of the planet... id choose you

this is how many bans now outtas curiousity?

robby^5 · 03-09-2008 12:51pm

In all fairness, it is true we are entertained by the war coverage by the media, remember when iraq began? I think I stayed up all night watching missles blow up building all around baghdad when it began...

but to actually will a war for your own entertainment is quite sick tbh. That said we probably dont need to will it to happen, the state of the world atm pretty much guarantee's more conflict by the end of this decade.

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 12:52pm

robby^5 wrote: »

In all fairness, it is true we are entertained by the war coverage by the media, remember when iraq began? I think I stayed up all night watching missles blow up building all around baghdad when it began...

but to actually will a war for your own entertainment is quite sick tbh.

meh, people die all the time, this way they go out with a bang..... heehehe, what a pun:pac:

Gran Hermano · 03-09-2008 12:54pm

Nothing like a war to stimulate an economy and help a country out of a recession.

CursedSkeptic · 03-09-2008 12:54pm

robby^5 wrote: »

In all fairness, it is true we are entertained by the war coverage by the media, remember when iraq began? I think I stayed up all night watching missles blow up building all around baghdad when it began...

but to actually will a war for your own entertainment is quite sick tbh. That said we probably dont need to will it to happen, the state of the world atm pretty much guarantee's more conflict by the end of this decade.

Define what you mean when you say sick, and explain why this is sick

Terry · 03-09-2008 12:55pm

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

THATS WHAT WE NEED! a leader like terry!

INDISCRIMINANT, COLD, AND STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!

Terry, if theres ever a big war where Ireland defeats the world, and I personally get to vote for the new leader of the planet... id choose you

this is how many bans now outtas curiousity?

I've no idea. I'd imagine it's about 2-300.

robby^5 wrote: »

In all fairness, it is true we are entertained by the war coverage by the media, remember when iraq began? I think I stayed up all night watching missles blow up building all around baghdad when it began...

but to actually will a war for your own entertainment is quite sick tbh. That said we probably dont need to will it to happen, the state of the world atm pretty much guarantee's more conflict by the end of this decade.

I was neither shocked nor in awe.
The first one was good though.

5starpool · 03-09-2008 12:58pm

Watch Generation Kill. that might sate your thirst for a week or so perhaps.

chin_grin · 03-09-2008 12:59pm

5starpool wrote: »

Watch Generation Kill. that might sate your thirst for a week or so perhaps.

Or Battle Royale 1 and 2?

not yet · 03-09-2008 1:04pm

I really dont get were this ''fine young man'' is coming from. War is a seriously nasty thing,the pain and suffering people go trough can only be imagined..........which leads me to think that the o.p is a...........

antodeco · 03-09-2008 1:06pm

I for one welcome Terry...

jebuz · 03-09-2008 1:06pm

not yet wrote: »

I really dont get were this ''fine young man'' is coming from. War is a seriously nasty thing,the pain and suffering people go trough can only be imagined..........which leads me to think that the o.p is a...........

'Nam Veteran?

Blazer · 03-09-2008 1:09pm

I'm all for it. People are getting killed the world over and no one gives a **** or at least no one with the power to stop it.
Maybe one massive World War whereby the survivors realise that we're all one race and finally sort their **** out.
Not different religions. Not different colours. Not different cultures.
But one race.

And bring on more comical Ali's.

SimpleSam06 · 03-09-2008 1:11pm

CursedSkeptic wrote: »

I don't care about people being killed in this war I postulate, isn't there some saying about breaking eggs to make omelette's? I am not willing to make any personal sacrifice of any kind but that doesn't mean that I can't be entertained by the plight of others

Having walked past rows of the bodies of men, women and children laid out by the side of the road with their heads open and brains melting in the south east Asian sun, after the Nice People got ahold of them, what I would say to you is, stop posting.

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 1:16pm

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Having walked past rows of the bodies of men, women and children laid out by the side of the road with their heads open and brains melting in the south east Asian sun, after the Nice People got ahold of them, what I would say to you is, stop posting.

simplesam has become serioussam......:eek:

fact is sam, it happens ALL the time. with a big world war, somebody will stand up for these people with force. war is as natural as anything else. you just have to get past moral issues first to see the benefits

SimpleSam06 · 03-09-2008 1:29pm

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

fact is sam, it happens ALL the time.

So what.

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

with a big world war, somebody will stand up for these people with force.

Somebody was standing up for them with force, not that it did them any good.

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

war is as natural as anything else. you just have to get past moral issues first to see the benefits

There is nothing natural about war, thats why soldiers need to be specially trained to kill people. One of the biggest problem facing generals in world war one was that many soldiers literally refused to shoot. It goes completely against the grain to kill your own species, except in certain circumstances.

_feedback_ · 03-09-2008 1:39pm

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Remember the invasion of Iraq when people were glued to their tv screens

It's not nice alright. Think they got somebody for that though .. can't remember exactly but think they found an industrial sized tube of superglue in his boot or summit.

Silenceisbliss · 03-09-2008 1:52pm

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

So what..

so death in a war only seems exceptionally bad because its circumstantial

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Somebody was standing up for them with force, not that it did them any good..

give the good guys a bigger stick

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

There is nothing natural about war, thats why soldiers need to be specially trained to kill people. One of the biggest problem facing generals in world war one was that many soldiers literally refused to shoot. It goes completely against the grain to kill your own species, except in certain circumstances.

war is natural, like it or not. its the basis of society, its part of culture, part of our world that has been here since the very beginning. greed is natural. violence is natural. 2+2=4

you may not agree with war, many people dont. but like it or not, its always been and always will be

ejmaztec · 03-09-2008 1:53pm

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

meh, theres too many people. need a bit of extermination to clean thingsd up.
YEY COMMUNISM LOVES YOU

Yes, I think it's that time again, when the big knobs sit around the table and decide how many millions of people need to get fried, so that they and the survivors can maintain their standard of living.

tick tick tick tick tick..................................................

If they overdo it, then only Terry and the cockroaches will be left.

monkeyfudge · 03-09-2008 1:59pm

This week on "When Ironic Statements Go Wrong!"...

Epic Tissue · 03-09-2008 2:03pm

Cool_CM wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Vaz9jW054

Still want a war? Speak tells it like it is...

Thats the most stupid thing I have ever seen.

Terry · 03-09-2008 2:08pm

The original title of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" was "War, What is it good for?"

paperclip2 · 03-09-2008 2:15pm

Hey we're having a virtual war in the Lair if thats any good to ya.:)

SimpleSam06 · 03-09-2008 2:18pm

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

so death in a war only seems exceptionally bad because its circumstantial

That sentence makes no sense.

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

give the good guys a bigger stick

The army shelled a few mountain villages to the ground a few days later in retaliation, and that didn't do them any good either.

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

war is natural, like it or not. its the basis of society, its part of culture, part of our world that has been here since the very beginning. greed is natural. violence is natural. 2+2=4

You have no idea what you are talking about, frankly. In any case, making statements along the lines of "war is entertainment" is trolling at best, staggering ignorance at worst.

Who wants a war?

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