Comments on: Were have all the warriors gone? http://shieldwolf.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/were-have-all-the-warriors-gone/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:30:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: shieldwolf http://shieldwolf.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/were-have-all-the-warriors-gone/#comment-30 shieldwolf Thu, 29 May 2008 13:26:26 +0000 http://shieldwolf.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-30 The nature of man seems to be to die trying to win a battle. It can be a war or a battle to discover new countries. Seems to be the way we are programmed. There are things worth fighting, killing and dying for. I would defend my family, to the death, as I would this country if needed. That being said, I don't think we have any business being in any military conflict since World War II. If for no other reason, according to our own Constitution, these wars were unlawful since they were not declared. While you talk about genocides committed, women and children raped, etc, I would argue that the men that committed these acts were not warriors, they were pieces of shit with weapons. True warriors do not wage war against innocent people. They do not commit genocide, they do not rape. They do their job; defend their country and family and go back home. They help the innocent and protect them. Wars are not started by warriors; they are started by politicians and monarchs, some of which have been women. If the war is not finished it is because of the leaders of our country, not the warriors. Warriors are the ones that kill and die at the order of someone sitting on their ass in Washington or some other country. Again while atrocities have been committed during war, they were not committed by true warriors but by shitheads wearing a uniform and I have known both. The nature of man seems to be to die trying to win a battle. It can be a war or a battle to discover new countries. Seems to be the way we are programmed.

There are things worth fighting, killing and dying for. I would defend my family, to the death, as I would this country if needed. That being said, I don’t think we have any business being in any military conflict since World War II. If for no other reason, according to our own Constitution, these wars were unlawful since they were not declared.

While you talk about genocides committed, women and children raped, etc, I would argue that the men that committed these acts were not warriors, they were pieces of shit with weapons.

True warriors do not wage war against innocent people. They do not commit genocide, they do not rape. They do their job; defend their country and family and go back home. They help the innocent and protect them.

Wars are not started by warriors; they are started by politicians and monarchs, some of which have been women. If the war is not finished it is because of the leaders of our country, not the warriors.
Warriors are the ones that kill and die at the order of someone sitting on their ass in Washington or some other country. Again while atrocities have been committed during war, they were not committed by true warriors but by shitheads wearing a uniform and I have known both.

]]> By: Rachel http://shieldwolf.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/were-have-all-the-warriors-gone/#comment-27 Rachel Thu, 29 May 2008 06:19:42 +0000 http://shieldwolf.wordpress.com/?p=15#comment-27 Well, to start, I am glad you're posting again. But, as my appetite for debate is insatiable, and I am a female, I have a few points to make here. The Mr. Hunter-Gatherer warrior you seem to be referring to starts fights he can't finish. He calls in the other "warriors" to help, they die in succession, and all that is left are the men who AREN'T "warriors", because they didn't fight for a stupid cause. Yes, a lot of great strides have been made due to the desire to conquer. Also, entire peoples have been wiped off the face of the planet, genocides commited, women and children raped and left to die, land razed, species extincted, etc. The sexes are undoubtably different, that's why humans aren't asexual hermaphrodites, and yes, no one wants to live in a world where the sexes are indistiguishable, but if the choices are that or unnecessary war, well... Sign me up for asexual hermaphrodite snail-life. Well, to start, I am glad you’re posting again. But, as my appetite for debate is insatiable, and I am a female, I have a few points to make here.
The Mr. Hunter-Gatherer warrior you seem to be referring to starts fights he can’t finish. He calls in the other “warriors” to help, they die in succession, and all that is left are the men who AREN’T “warriors”, because they didn’t fight for a stupid cause. Yes, a lot of great strides have been made due to the desire to conquer. Also, entire peoples have been wiped off the face of the planet, genocides commited, women and children raped and left to die, land razed, species extincted, etc. The sexes are undoubtably different, that’s why humans aren’t asexual hermaphrodites, and yes, no one wants to live in a world where the sexes are indistiguishable, but if the choices are that or unnecessary war, well… Sign me up for asexual hermaphrodite snail-life.

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