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Conference back40::soapbox

Title:Soapbox. Just Soapbox.
Notice:No more new notes
Moderator:WAHOO::LEVESQUEONS
Created:Thu Nov 17 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:862
Total number of notes:339684

296.0. "War is hell" by CONSLT::MCBRIDE (aspiring peasant) Mon Feb 13 1995 18:44

    I started this as a TTWA reply but figured there may be enough interest
    for a new topic.  
    
    In the news, there are reports of fighting everywhere it seems.  
    
    Chechnya
    Somalia
    Bosnia
    Peru/Ecuador
    Mexico
    
    Besides the more popular blood baths today, who else is shedding blood
    in conflicts major and minor?  
    
    Brian
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296.2Sri LasnkaMIMS::SANDERS_JMon Feb 13 1995 18:582
    Sri Lanka
    
296.3POLAR::RICHARDSONWeird Canadian Type GeezerMon Feb 13 1995 19:003
    Avoid countries ending in a?
    
    I'm getting outa here.
296.4POBOX::BATTISContract StudmuffinMon Feb 13 1995 19:014
    
    America??
    
    I'm outta here.
296.5CONSLT::MCBRIDEaspiring peasantMon Feb 13 1995 19:027
    Is there still fighint going on in Angola?  Joseph Savimbi and UNITA
    recently announced they would cease hostilities and form an opposition 
    party.  
    
    Is Morocco still fighting over parts of the Sahara?
    
    
296.6CSC32::M_EVANSproud counter-culture McGovernikMon Feb 13 1995 19:021
    isn't there stuff going on in Uganda, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and India?
296.7NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Mon Feb 13 1995 19:043
Sudan
E. Timor
Algeria
296.8EverywhereMIMS::SANDERS_JMon Feb 13 1995 19:276
    Eastern Turkey (Kurds)
    Southern Iraq (Sunni Moslem)
    Afganistan (between the victorious rebel groups)
    
     
    
296.9USAT05::WARRENFELTZRTue Feb 14 1995 10:462
    as long as there is a world as we know it today, there will always be
    war
296.10CONSLT::MCBRIDEaspiring peasantTue Feb 14 1995 12:237
    I was thinking about this more just recently because of the reports of
    fighting along the Peru/Ecuador border.  I was tryong to count how many
    hot spots there were and it dawned on me that there are a lot of really
    p.o.'d people in the world.  I know history is riddled with armed
    conflict, I just was wondering who is shooting at who(m?) these days.
    
    Brian
296.11CSC32::M_EVANSproud counter-culture McGovernikTue Feb 14 1995 12:2810
    Peru also still has the Shining Path guerilla operation going on, as
    well as the border skirmish.  
    
    Columbia has several small turf wars going on, as well as a peasant
    revolt over the US war on some drugs.
    
    There is an indiginous people of the rain forest vs miner war in
    Brazil, as well as the war on street children in Rio.  
    
    In the US we have a war on poor people.
296.12SOLVIT::KRAWIECKIBe vewy caweful awound Zebwas!Tue Feb 14 1995 12:516
    
    Laos
    
    Cambodia
    
    
296.14NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Tue Feb 14 1995 13:281
Newt and Billary.
296.16POLAR::RICHARDSONWeird Canadian Type GeezerTue Feb 14 1995 14:251
    Kill with artillery
296.17SX4GTO::OLSONDoug Olson, SDSC West, Palo AltoTue Feb 14 1995 14:3610
    >Peru also still has the Shining Path guerilla operation going on,
    
    well, not much, actually.  Their guru (Guzman, ex-college prof) was 
    captured about 2 years ago, and the army has since driven them pretty
    much out of sight, per most news reports.  One news report even
    speculated that with Shining Path defeated, the army may be responsible
    for these border problems with Ecuador, to justify their continued high
    defense expenditures.
    
    DougO
296.18Hey, we both won. Works with the kids...DECWIN::RALTOGala 10th Year ECAD SW AnniversaryTue Feb 14 1995 14:418
    Paulllll Harrrrrveyyyyy reported this morning that the South
    American war is over... both sides simply declared victory and
    went home.  He thought all wars should end this way.
    
    Assuming that this is the same South American war that's being
    discussed in here, of course.
    
    Chris
296.19NEMAIL::BULLOCKTue Feb 14 1995 15:029
    
    
    
       Can any of us envision "world peace"? Will there ever come a time
       when ther's no more starvation, war, hatred or disease? Or is this
       concept science fiction?
    
       Ed
    
296.20USAT05::BENSONEternal WeltanshauungTue Feb 14 1995 16:5219
    
    
>       Can any of us envision "world peace"? Will there ever come a time
>       when ther's no more starvation, war, hatred or disease? Or is this
>       concept science fiction?
    
       Sure, most of us envision world peace but having never experienced
    such a thing its only a fantasy.  How would you think that world peace
    might affect you anyway?
    
    There will never come a time on this planet when such things desist.
    
    The concept is based upon desire, nothing more or less.
    
    Christianity promises that such an era will exist in the future.  Not
    only that but God Himself will dwell in the midst of the elect.  Its
    beyond sublime to contemplate.
    
    jeff
296.21MKOTS3::RAUHI survived the Cruel SpaWed Feb 15 1995 11:421
    In the trench warfare of Digital against our competors! :)
296.22MOLAR::DELBALSOI (spade) my (dogface)Wed Feb 15 1995 13:031
Or, DIGITAL against its employees . . . 
296.23peace in our time?TROOA::BROOKSWed Feb 15 1995 15:493
    re .19
    
    Given enough time and/or resources anything is possible.
296.24MKOTS3::RAUHI survived the Cruel SpaWed Feb 15 1995 16:022
    .19 Or perhaps if they can manufacture enough Prozac to put into all
    the water supplies.
296.25POLAR::RICHARDSONWeird Canadian Type GeezerWed Feb 15 1995 16:161
    Or perhaps the earth needs a Prozac layer?
296.26RDGE44::ALEUC8Thu Feb 16 1995 11:377
    one could turn it on its head - if you say there are about 3,000,000
    people living in war zones today, that means there are about 
    4,997,000,000 people living at peace
    
    thats pretty encouraging
    
    ric
296.27Perfect War!KIRKTN::AGRAYRemember the company values!Sat Feb 18 1995 20:125
    I remember reading somewhere that the perfect war would be with
    German troops,led by British officers,with American supplies----
    and the Italians to fight against!!
     I dare say there will be some disagreement!
    
296.28CALDEC::RAHwalking on broken glassSun Feb 19 1995 20:502
    
    perfect wars are the ones never fought.
296.29HBFDT1::SCHARNBERGSenior KodierwurstMon Feb 20 1995 07:069
    And then there was the legendary war between two Germanic tribes, whose
    names escape me at the moment.
    
    After years of little fights and raids they decided to meet for a big,
    decisive battle. 
    Actually, neither side showed up, because they were too much afraid of
    getting beaten up by their opponents. 
    
    
296.30BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeTue Feb 21 1995 12:254


	war
296.31KIRKTN::SNEILJ.A.F.OWed Feb 22 1995 03:4112
    
    
    We
    Are
    Right
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
296.32POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 13:513
    Wet
    Arses
    Rule
296.33BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 15:595
    We
    Are
    Republicans

296.34POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:043
    We
    Aren't
    Rectal
296.35BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 16:055
    When
    A**holes
    React

296.36POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:073
    Why
    Aromas
    Repulse
296.37BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 16:145
    We
    Are
    Reaganites

296.38KEPNUT::MOYNIHANWed Feb 22 1995 16:163
    Get
    A 
    Life
296.39BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 16:233

	That doesn't spell out war!
296.40POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:271
    It's OK he has a prostrate gland.
296.41SMURF::BINDERvitam gustareWed Feb 22 1995 16:283
    Wildly
    Antisocial
    Rationalization
296.42BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 16:305
| <<< Note 296.40 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "Ooo Ah silly me" >>>

| It's OK he has a prostrate gland.

	Glad war hasn't taken that away from him.
296.43POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:321
    Mother nature didn't give it to him though.....
296.44KEPNUT::MOYNIHANWed Feb 22 1995 16:392
    What do you two little kids do, follow each other around
    every note?
296.45POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:492
    I don't know, I'd say you're following me around and trying to frighten
    me with your prostrate gland.
296.46KEPNUT::MOYNIHANWed Feb 22 1995 16:572
    A joke is only funny once. Any chance you can come up with a new
    line?
296.47POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meWed Feb 22 1995 16:581
    <----- Boy, guess you never tell jokes then.
296.48BIGQ::SILVASquirrels R MeWed Feb 22 1995 17:036

	And he won't show his humor either



296.49Talk HardSNOFS1::DAVISMAnd monkeys might fly outa my butt!Thu Feb 23 1995 01:171
    Is this like, well, ermmmmmm
296.50POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meFri Feb 24 1995 15:053
    Warm
    Asynchronous
    Rogering
296.51MPGS::MARKEYMother is the invention of necessityFri Feb 24 1995 15:064
    An asynchronous rogering... is that one where the individuals
    don't cum at the same time?
    
    -b
296.52POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meFri Feb 24 1995 15:091
    <---- There you go, cheapening things again.
296.53WAHOO::LEVESQUEluxure et suppliceFri Feb 24 1995 15:283
    re: .51
    
     Nah- it just means they can't get a good rhythm going. ;^)
296.54GAVEL::JANDROWbrain crampFri Feb 24 1995 16:0012
    
    >>>POLAR::RICHARDSON  "WIERD CANADIAN TYPE GEEZER"
    
    >>Glenn/Deirdre/Pamela/Franny/Ned/Dierdre/Anton/Sean/Alice/Jimi/Pauline/Rex/
    >>Nathan/Melanie/Ursula/Hildegard/Nigel/Boutros Boutros/Leslie
    
    
    We
    Are
    Richardsons
    
    
296.55CONSLT::MCBRIDEaspiring peasantFri Feb 24 1995 16:043
    re: .53 
    
    Not only that they can't stay in step.
296.56SUBPAC::JJENSENJj the Alleged Fishing WidowFri Feb 24 1995 16:104
My goodness.  I step out of the office, and the
conversation goes straight into the gutter.  

Right then, carry on.
296.57POWDML::LAUERLittle Chamber of Fuzzy FacesFri Feb 24 1995 16:184
    
    .54
    
    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
296.58GAVEL::JANDROWbrain crampFri Feb 24 1995 16:235
    
    not only that, she thought it was funny...
    '
    
    
296.59POLAR::RICHARDSONOoo Ah silly meFri Feb 24 1995 16:401
    Thanks little buddy.
296.60Talk HardSNOFS1::DAVISMAnd monkeys might fly outa my butt!Sun Feb 26 1995 21:492
    Do you ignore everything I say ? Errrrr, that was like a bit of
    a silly thing to say, I guess the answer is pretty obvious.
296.61POLAR::RICHARDSONGotta hard salami?Mon Feb 27 1995 00:181
    Who are you talking to Martin?
296.62Talk HardSNOFS1::DAVISMAnd monkeys might fly outa my butt!Mon Feb 27 1995 01:101
    YOU, Mr.Little buddy personage !:*)
296.63GIDDAY::BURTLet us reason togetherMon Feb 27 1995 01:154
and the trees, don't forget the trees....



296.64POLAR::RICHARDSONGotta hard salami?Mon Feb 27 1995 13:295
    Martin talks to trees?
    
    Thanks for the insight Chele.
    
    8^)