Originally posted by Mindmelding
reply to post by StellarX
The military is evil. This is the basic truth here. And all of you that willingly participate in it are willingly accepting evil in your lives. There
is no way to make peace out of war. It has never happened. There is no way to win a war, all that negative energy will manifest itself against the
people who created it, sooner or later. War is never noble. It is always a tragedy. War breeds war. Only peace movements make peace. Only saying sorry
and receiving forgiveness ends wars.
War is an event that is not evil or good.
It's a very unfortunate and violent event that is best averted - but just as a storm forms at an extreme difference in air temperatures; so will a
war form at extreme differences of culture/motives.
There is always someone who realizes that domesticated people would rather give the psycho with a gun what he wants and call the police to deal with
him later.
You will never be able to get rid of these people. Why? It's a rather obvious fact - I could walk into a store, start shooting the ceiling, and
most people would leave me alone and just wait for the police to arrive.
Unfortunately, the behavioral dynamics of an individual are often very similar to the behavior of countries (large groups of people). Eventually -
one country will realize they can take what they want/need from another country at the point of a spear (or some other weapon). Those people will sit
back and wait for the military to come - any that don't will be horribly ineffective against an organized force with superior training, armament,
etc.
In the end - you cannot call a military evil. You can call the actions of a military/country as evil - but a military, in and out of itself, is the
existence of a trained force ready to protect from the hostilities of another culture/country that are certain to exist.
And the majority of the people who think otherwise are young males who, quite frankly, don't know any better. And there is a minority that
thinks otherwise, a minority of dark evil people that feed off chaos and violence because they have psychopathic, loveless, thought processes. Dumb
pride and ruthless parasitism. This is what I see most in the military.
I honestly don't think you've seen much of the military. But, there again, I haven't seen much of you (well, aside from those I've met that share
a similar mentality..... they didn't see much of the military because they believed it was evil.... thus, observing/getting-to-know the military was
a waste of time, as it was clearly evil - typical logic loop).
In the end - you choose an idealist mentality that only works so long as everyone agrees with your idea of what is good. Unfortunately - that leaves
little wiggle-room for free thought.
Problems with militaries and cultures occur when people with idealist mentalities decide to attempt to enforce those ideals on others using those
military resources.
C'mon people, look in your hearts, it's time.
I have. And it knows that war is an inevitable event within our species - and it would rather be there to ensure it is ended quickly, decisively, and
with as little loss of life as possible. But it knows the plagues of our species quite well.
You cannot stop war anymore than you can stop urinating. The only way to cease urinating is to, by some means or another, kill yourself. It may not
be the most dignified or pleasant of events you can do - but it must be done...... thankfully, you have some liberty in deciding where it can be done,
and how long you have to hang around the bathroom.
[edit on 20-5-2009 by Aim64C]
[edit on 20-5-2009 by Aim64C]
