I meant it more as encouragement Andrew. On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:50:28 UTC, andrew vecsey wrote: > > 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? >>>> >>>
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