The idea of good guys and bad guys in war is useless and distracting to
what is actually happening. War is a means to gain power over others.
War no longer makes a distinction between those who are fighting and
those who are not. Both are killed with equal intensity, although it is
still fashionable to claim the fig leaf of unintended collateral damage
or a tragic mistake. Make no mistake, as the tools of war become more
efficient and terrorism, which is the counter to those tools, become
more universal, no one will be safe. We are passing through a transition
period which has to end by people insisting on methods be used to avoid
war and the resulting terrorism. But then, every one knows this, yet we
go on supporting people who insist that war is necessary because it is
very profitable for them. They are able to continue their policy because
they know how to manipulate our fear and paranoia. But you say, real
threats exist against which we must be defended. Of course this is
true, but this is a never ending path that can not be fixed just by
making every country a democracy, as Bush plans. The obvious
consequence of this naive approach is being demonstrated every day in
Iraq. We need to use our creativity to explore another way. Think about
that rather than the Segway.
Ed
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Terry Blanton wrote:
One comment was, imagine a Segway with a chain gun
rolling into a batch of bad guys and spinning wheels in opposite
directions while firing.
Hopefully, the next battlefield will have only bad guy blood spilled
on it.
Can this gadget tell who is bad, and who is innocent?
- Jed
