If there was a world war would you volunteer to be on the front line?

MagicMarker

If there was a WWIII in the same ilk as previous wars, would you voluntarily sign up with the allies knowing you could possibly be sent into an environment such as the jungles of Vietnam, Iwo Jima or the beach at Normandy?

KTRIC

If there was a third world war then it would be unlikely that there would be a front line as such.

In reality the whole thing would be over in a couple of hours. I would imagine there would be a lot of fighting amongst the remaining few people though.

genericguy

No

yep, and when it's over i'll collect the hellfish bonanza.

Borneo Fnctn

No

Of course I would. I'd be such a hero.

cmpunk

all us gamers will do some job if we can come back runing 5 sic later

jhegarty

KTRIC wrote: »

If there was a third world war then it would be unlikely that there would be a front line as such.

In reality the whole thing would be over in a couple of hours. I would imagine there would be a lot of fighting amongst the remaining few people though.

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

Albert Einstein

cmpunk

or a stonestick a stick made out of stone

Sea Sharp

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

WW3 will be fought with androids that are controlled with a mouse & keyboard just like a FPS game. It'll be Ub3r pwnage :pac:

Latchy

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

Think I'll take me chances at Normandy ..:pac:

Seriously , the nukes would be the main players in the front line of any potenttial WW3 scenario and would mean a whole heap of air space between several countries .The troops on the ground would I think only be in a defensive role and keeping the civillian population in check .I mean any army (that's left ) is only going to inherit a wasteland full of zombies :pac:

Owen

If I can be a sniper, then yes. If no, I'd prefer it fought with remote control robots, QIII Arena style!

Voltex

No

I voted knowing id probably be too chicken **** to either fight or run away!

caseyann

nah it will be the aliens and we will be wiped out in blink of eye no front And the ones left will be hiding in caves hence what Albert said :cool:

cmpunk

it will have cool guns al gears of war with a saw at the end off it and we will find ammo boxs every where

GLaDOS

I'd move to Switzerland

Fly the white flag of war!

cmpunk

i will be like rombo go out with one gun kill 1000 with one shot and we will all live happly ever after

omahaid

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

Nope, one life, thats all you get, I would not give it up for a political war of nations.

Voltex

No

We do have to remember they were mostly kids!
Alot of respect..they really were brave men!

Sephiroth_dude

No

I would.

dsmythy

omahaid wrote: »

Nope, one life, thats all you get, I would not give it up for a political war of nations.

All well and good until the Nation that believes you to be unfit to live starts to win and is about to knock on your door.

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

Weirdly just posted this video in another thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg

I saw what it had done, well, I wished I were dead;
I never knew there were worse things than dying.



In short,
No.

And not because I'm too queer to do it. I don't agree with war

galwayrush

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

I've lost interest in world affairs, the place is ****ed, anyone that wants to fight can all move off to some remote place and just kill each other.

PeakOutput

No

brummytom wrote: »

And not because I'm too queer to do it. I don't agree with war

must be great to really be able to believe that war is never necessary

ignorance is certainly bliss

brianthebard

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

KTRIC wrote: »

If there was a third world war then it would be unlikely that there would be a front line as such.

In reality the whole thing would be over in a couple of hours.

And that's why the US army has been in Afghanistan going on 8 years, right?

taytothief

Yep, of course. I'd just make sure to save it before I left so I could load it again if I got killed.

I always fancy going to war for some reason thinking it'd be a mad buzz, but if it really happened; I'm not sure.

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

PeakOutput wrote: »

must be great to really be able to believe that war is never necessary

ignorance is certainly bliss

I didn't say war was never necessary, I said I didn't agree with it.

Cupcake_Crisis

PeakOutput wrote: »

must be great to really be able to believe that war is never necessary

ignorance is certainly bliss

A lot of the time war isnt necessary. Thinking that doesnt make you ignorant, it makes you observant

kincsem

I'd send in a sick note and then watch it on the telly (and no, I'm not in the public service.)

Piste

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

Nah, there are very few things worth laying down my life for, and a war certainly isn't it. I'd probably bail to the safest country at the time.

PeakOutput

No

brummytom wrote: »

I didn't say war was never necessary, I said I didn't agree with it.

so even though you understand its necessity ie to stop a holocaust and your participation could possibly make a difference ie help stop a holocaust you wouldnt fight?

A lot of the time war isnt necessary. Thinking that doesnt make you ignorant, it makes you observant

i never said it did

i said thinking its never necessary is ignorant

Big Lar

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

Voltex wrote: »

..they really were brave men!

Or perhaps Pawns would be a better description.

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

PeakOutput wrote: »

so even though you understand its necessity ie to stop a holocaust and your participation could possibly make a difference ie help stop a holocaust you wouldnt fight?

World War was declared on 3rd September 1939.
News of the Holocaust first leaked out to the free world in 1941.

World War II was not declared because of the Holocaust. It was declared because Britain knew they had made a mistake in appeasement and were saving face.

Darlughda

Well I'd have to have a good long think of what sovereignty means to me.

Are my notions of sovereignty and patriotism as relative and subjective as others' ideas of morality?
If so, who's war am I fighting as cannon fodder for some idiot's ideal?

PeakOutput

No

brummytom wrote: »

World War was declared on 3rd September 1939.
News of the Holocaust first leaked out to the free world in 1941.

World War II was not declared because of the Holocaust. It was declared because Britain knew they had made a mistake in appeasement and were saving face.

*face palm*

i am well aware of that i was using an example to get my point across

my point was if you knew something like this was going to happen would you really stand by and do nothing to help prevent it?

edit; and before you say it lets assume there is no other option

Cupcake_Crisis

PeakOutput wrote: »

i never said it did

i said thinking its never necessary is ignorant

Its a matter of opinion really, if someone doesnt agree with war it doesnt mean they're an ignorant person. Each to their own and all that. Violence and bloodshed rarely get us anywhere

Piste

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

You can do something to prevent it without going to the front line you know.




I could possibly be persuaded to work as a doctor treating the war-wounded, but not on the front lines.

me_right_one

No

To answer OP, yep

PeakOutput

No

ye actually i guess the question did specifically say the front line and im talking more about joining the military in general

i dont agree with war either as a rule but i understand its necessary in some cases there is a big difference from that and saying you dont agree with war and it shouldnt ever happen under any circumstances in my opinion you are naieve/ignorant if you believe the latter

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

PeakOutput wrote: »

*face palm*

i am well aware of that i was using an example to get my point across

my point was if you knew something like this was going to happen would you really stand by and do nothing to help prevent it?

OK, I misunderstood you and thought you were saying World War II was to prevent the holocaust. My apologies. It's nice to be patronised though, thanks


Me personally? I would have sent in troops to the camps (were they known about), obviously this may invalidate my earlier post denouncing war. Sending in troops to the specific place they are needed rather than to a whole county, thus reducing the numbers of civilian casualties would seem a much more appropriate course of action.

So, yes. War may sometimes be necessary in extreme circumstances. I still don't agree with it though.

PeakOutput

No

brummytom wrote: »

My apologies. It's nice to be patronised though, thanks

sorry im tired and hung over and itching for an argument my bad nothing personal

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

PeakOutput wrote: »

sorry im tired and hung over and itching for an argument my bad nothing personal

Snap.. except I'm not hungover (because I have **** friends :pac:)


While I'm here, can I suggest that the Iraq war was/is illegal?

SoupyNorman

I dont think I would, in fact I know I would not. I watch every program I can on war and even the thoughts of being on the front line scares the pi$$ out of me. Wars are also based on the most ultimate of agendas so in many cases you're fighting for someones else's cause, mostly it's worthwhile but sometimes it's pointless (Afghanistan)

The above is generally related to the previous world wars and Vietnam wars etc, as was stated todays wars dont generally have front lines per say.

I think an alien invasion would be different, then all our inter-human conflicts get put to one side and we join forces to defend our planet, I think then I'd love to get a pop at those alien bastards.

PeakOutput

No

brummytom wrote: »

Snap.. except I'm not hungover (because I have **** friends :pac:)


While I'm here, can I suggest that the Iraq war was/is illegal?

imo removing a dictator is a valid reason for war and imo the un is pretty impotent

however they did win that war in what a few days? everything since then has been a mistake at the very least if not illegal

edit; and i know thats not the reason they did it im just saying either way removing him had to be done if it took a crap load of oil as motivation to do it them so be it

Agent Smith

i would.

















*As long as i can have a go at the greeks. They Invented Gayness.

Big Lar

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

brummytom wrote: »

While I'm here, can I suggest that the Iraq war was/is illegal?

Illegal my eye :eek:

Weapons of mass destruction man !!!!!!! Piff........ even George Bush & Tony Blair knew they had weapons of mass destruction.

Dave!

No I wouldn't volunteer..... My skills would be better deployed elsewhere, like making sandwiches for the troops or somethin.

Holsten

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

No feckin way.

brummytom

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

PeakOutput wrote: »

imo removing a dictator is a valid reason for war and imo the un is pretty impotent

however they did win that war in what a few days? everything since then has been a mistake at the very least if not illegal

edit; and i know thats not the reason they did it im just saying either way removing him had to be done if it took a crap load of oil as motivation to do it them so be it

Fair enough that Saddam probably had to be removed (I'm not going to be a pedant and mention WMDs :pac:)

But I'm not sure which would have been worse - the lesser of two evils, if you will. Saddam was estimated to have killed (or caused the deaths in most cases) of killed 500,000 people during his 24 year reign. That's just under 21,000 killings a year. Since the invasion, it's estimates range(obviously, the real number is unknown) between 100,000 and 700,000.. for sake of argument, let's average this to be 400,000. 400,00 people killed in a 6 year conflict. That's nearly 67,000 civilian deaths a year.

As I say, lesser of two evils.
But I'm not so sure it was worth it

SlickRic

f*ck no.

people shooting bullets with guns can kill me.

did you know that?

and it f*cking hurts too.

f*ck no. are you insane?

Jaeger 90

If it was to rid Europe of islam then yes I would, I'd never fight in an Irish Vs so so war though

ironictoaster

No

Voltex wrote: »

We do have to remember they were mostly kids!
Alot of respect..they really were brave men!

I remember when I was at a stopover in an airport in Philadelphia and ton of US soldiers hanging around the terminal. Most of them looked younger than me and I'm 18. They have some balls.

whatdoicare

I would house Jews under my floor boards while ogling my 3 insanely hot daughters.

I'd be far too busy looting!