In war, you kill your enemy. People fight for different reasons. The times change, the people change, the places change, even the weapons change. But this fundamental principle never changes: You kill or you die.
You get desensitized to pulling the trigger. It's the only way any sane person's mind can cope with the trauma of inflicting death. Could it be the same for a nuclear bomb eventually? All it takes is a situation desperate enough for it to be used. After that doing it again becomes less of a sticking point.
And what about when we develop a weapon more powerful than nuclear bombs? Maybe some satellite capable of killing highly specific targets from space or something that could wipe out an entire continent? The reality is that every new weapon we make gets used at some point.
Hate, fear, desperation, anger. All of these could cause the end. When will war go too far? At what point does war simply become an act of mass murder disguised by politics? Why are we so damn stupid?
2007-03-27
18:46:58
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Jack
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