That should not stop you or members of this group from adding to the list. That is what this topic is all about.
On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 3:11:29 PM UTC+1, archytas wrote: > > Full lists on this would be very long. > > On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 11:27:21 AM UTC, andrew vecsey wrote: >> >> Very interesting question you pose Molly. >> Of course it is very easy to see the many negative consequences to war, >> which seems to be a part of human nature. I like to believe that there is >> always 2 sides to everything - positive and negative. War with weapons and >> fighting with words have some common ground, like you suggest. Being an >> aggressor in a war and being a bully also share common ground. >> >> The positive consequences of bullying that I can think of are: >> 1. It can make you stronger when you are bullied. >> 2. It shows you who your friends are who come to your aid if you are >> bullied. >> 3. It allows you to show your friendship by coming to the aid of your >> friends who are bullied. >> 4. It allows you to make friends by coming to the aid of strangers who >> are bullied. >> 5. You can learn from it so that you do not bully others yourself. >> >> The positive consequences of war that I can think of are much more >> difficult to spot of course: >> 1. It advances knowledge and technology that can be useful in times of >> peace. >> 2. It allows people to mix their cultures, knowledge and genes. >> 3. It can protect your countrymen and family against aggressors. >> 4. Like natural disasters like floods. earthquakes, fires and >> epidemics,it can be used to counteract over population. >> 5. We can learn from it. If you love your enemies, like Jesus is claimed >> to have said, then you will not have any. >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 12:03:34 AM UTC+1, Molly wrote: >>> >>> Howard Zinn, http://howardzinn.org/ historian, author, professor, >>> playwright, and activist, whose life’s work focused on a wide range of >>> issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of >>> countless people, said "war itself is the enemy of the human race" >>> http://bit.ly/1FwyDUP <http://bit.ly/1FwyDUP> >>> >>> We go to war in a variety of ways, big to small. daily (some of us), in >>> interpersonal ways, and over decades, as the human race. Why? >>> >> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
