Will there ever be another major war between European powers again?

[KrazyHorse]

What's funny is that the NDP has projected budgets that get less net swing from current surplus than the Conservatives do.

[MrFun]

BTW -- why do you put a smilie at the end of almost all of your posts, KH??

[KrazyHorse]

Because I'm able to get away with more when I do so.

[KrazyHorse]

Plus I'm generally pretty happy.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by The Andy-Man
But my post was largley ironic, in that any example anyone puts forward is pooh pooh'd on some pathetic technicality, ie. no democracy in the terms the modern day wester world has understood it in the last 50 years has fought a major war. And if they did it wasn't a proper war, so there

Your points are open to criticism as anyone else's points, aren't they?

[The Andy-Man]

yeah, and their points are open to counter-critiscism

Though I must say, the counter-counter-criticism left alot to be desired

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by The Andy-Man
The UK govt. is going to give the vote to 16 year olds

as a side note, the voting age should be increased to 24 imo. But my post was largley ironic, in that any example anyone puts forward is pooh pooh'd on some pathetic technicality, ie. no democracy in the terms the modern day wester world has understood it in the last 50 years has fought a major war. And if they did it wasn't a proper war, so there

It seems this latest part of the thread missed my critical distinction - it has to be a liberal democracy. That implies a lot about the society in addition to the literal form of government.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by MrFun
Man, that is ****ed up.

Not at all. I'd be horrified if people my age got the vote.

[pg]

war never changes...

war is inevitable for europe in it's current situation. sure, maybe not for a quite a while but resources are still limited and population pressure at minimum will eventually rear it's ugly head. you'd really need global population control to stave off war. in the west this is happening already but it will lead to war as we are the only ones this is happening to. we weaken but others continue to grow, thus increasing their power and need for our resources. population growth estimates for 2050 are ****ing scary. i can't imagine how wars couldn't happen in europe and probably most everywhere else too. our current situation is a fluke - we are the same as our war mongering ancestors even if we try with all our intellect to deny it.

[Kuciwalker]

War is not caused by resource conflicts (usually; there are exceptions), it's part of the nature of most human societies.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Kucinich
War is not caused by resource conflicts

wrong

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Kucinich


Not at all. I'd be horrified if people my age got the vote.

I'd be horrified if you got the vote too.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Sava
wrong

It's wonderful how selectively quoting people can completely change their points.

[KrazyHorse]

Were you ever called something different? If so, what were your previous usernames?

[Kuciwalker]

skywalker