Comments on: War is Not the Answer… http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20710 CherryPie Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:15:21 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20710 Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love. ;-) Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love. ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20709 CherryPie Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:13:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20709 I think quite a few people do, they just don't declare it in such a way :-) I think quite a few people do, they just don’t declare it in such a way :-)

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20703 London Caller Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:20:04 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20703 Love is all you need. ;o) Love is all you need. ;o)

]]> By: Ginnie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20702 Ginnie Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:03:40 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20702 It is definitely worth a whole discussion like this, Cherry! Too bad we don't all blog4peace every single day. But then, maybe some of us do? It is definitely worth a whole discussion like this, Cherry! Too bad we don’t all blog4peace every single day. But then, maybe some of us do?

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20701 CherryPie Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:39:03 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20701 War is not the answer... But for some reason those in power (I think those are the lunatics you mention), as I mentioned in my previous thoughts in our conversation seem to find it acceptable to start wars. Religious nutters are another form of controlling power. They also start wars. It is all about controlling people the serfs/minions as they see them. <i>The number of people that are not irrational, mad or bad is greater than those who are.</i> Until people realise that and that they are in the majority, things won't change. I know people will never realise that. People don't want war (I am talking about mass conflicts here) it is inflicted on them. They think their leaders government or church/religion are catering for their best interests. People feel the need to be led (and told what to think) and they fall in line even if they don't like it and grumble a lot about what they don't like. Human nature... War is not the answer…

But for some reason those in power (I think those are the lunatics you mention), as I mentioned in my previous thoughts in our conversation seem to find it acceptable to start wars.

Religious nutters are another form of controlling power. They also start wars. It is all about controlling people the serfs/minions as they see them.

The number of people that are not irrational, mad or bad is greater than those who are.

Until people realise that and that they are in the majority, things won’t change. I know people will never realise that. People don’t want war (I am talking about mass conflicts here) it is inflicted on them. They think their leaders government or church/religion are catering for their best interests. People feel the need to be led (and told what to think) and they fall in line even if they don’t like it and grumble a lot about what they don’t like.

Human nature…

]]> By: Don QuiScottie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20700 Don QuiScottie Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:11:37 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20700 My goodness... I totally and vehemently oppose the current military interventions by my country and others in far away lands. They do not fight in my name, but that is a different issue entirely from the blanket claim in the title. If some nasty regime starts lobbing missiles my way then unfortunately war may well have to be the answer, and it is misty-eyed naivety to say it would never need to be, and that the answer for a better way would lie within me, even as the nutters kept firing their missiles or their whatever. But then, in relation to the disputes in the far-away lands, I am afraid that for the native population war may have to be the answer to oppose lunatics who think it's ok to put bullets in the heads of young girls who just want to go to school. I'd be interested to see you trying your "diplomacy" out on these characters. My goodness… I totally and vehemently oppose the current military interventions by my country and others in far away lands. They do not fight in my name, but that is a different issue entirely from the blanket claim in the title. If some nasty regime starts lobbing missiles my way then unfortunately war may well have to be the answer, and it is misty-eyed naivety to say it would never need to be, and that the answer for a better way would lie within me, even as the nutters kept firing their missiles or their whatever. But then, in relation to the disputes in the far-away lands, I am afraid that for the native population war may have to be the answer to oppose lunatics who think it’s ok to put bullets in the heads of young girls who just want to go to school. I’d be interested to see you trying your “diplomacy” out on these characters.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20699 CherryPie Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:43:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20699 I do understand your point :-) I hope you understand mine about the western world meddling and interfering in other countries affairs when the other country has no military threat to the western world. Those other countries are fighting between themselves. The western world only ever intervenes if those waring countries have resources essential to the west or the country is an ally... Some violent administrations are completely ignored! Of course it isn't just the western world that plays these games! It is like a game of chess! I do understand your point :-)

I hope you understand mine about the western world meddling and interfering in other countries affairs when the other country has no military threat to the western world. Those other countries are fighting between themselves. The western world only ever intervenes if those waring countries have resources essential to the west or the country is an ally… Some violent administrations are completely ignored!

Of course it isn’t just the western world that plays these games! It is like a game of chess!

]]> By: Don QuiScottie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20698 Don QuiScottie Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:25:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20698 You may feel I am being pedantic here, but it is important. You say you would only choose war as a last resort. therefore you accept that there are circumstances in which war may have to be the answer. Most of us, myself included, would only ever choose war as a last resort, but we have to admit to ourselves that the resort must be there. Sadly, attacks by violent regimes can make war the only available resort. Anyway, I think I have made the point I wished to make now. You may feel I am being pedantic here, but it is important. You say you would only choose war as a last resort. therefore you accept that there are circumstances in which war may have to be the answer. Most of us, myself included, would only ever choose war as a last resort, but we have to admit to ourselves that the resort must be there. Sadly, attacks by violent regimes can make war the only available resort. Anyway, I think I have made the point I wished to make now.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20697 CherryPie Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:47:21 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20697 The number of people that are not irrational, mad or bad is greater than those who are. I said I would defend myself, that does not mean that I would choose war (as a defence) and that would not be my first response (it would be a very last resort). My first response would be diplomacy, which in my opinion is a better way. Yes I know my words sound simplistic and that things are far more complex than my basic explanation. But I do stand by my statement 'there is a better way'. The number of people that are not irrational, mad or bad is greater than those who are.

I said I would defend myself, that does not mean that I would choose war (as a defence) and that would not be my first response (it would be a very last resort). My first response would be diplomacy, which in my opinion is a better way. Yes I know my words sound simplistic and that things are far more complex than my basic explanation. But I do stand by my statement ‘there is a better way’.

]]> By: Don QuiScottie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2012/10/30/war-is-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-20696 Don QuiScottie Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:32:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=9211#comment-20696 Exactly. And if enough irrational, mad or bad people think war is the answer then, sadly, for the rest of us war will have to remain a possible answer too, as you yourself say, when you say that if war was declared on you then you would defend yourself, that is... you would choose war as your answer to someone declaring war on you. You say "there is always a better way", but immediately demonstrate that there isn't always a better way. Unfortunately. Exactly. And if enough irrational, mad or bad people think war is the answer then, sadly, for the rest of us war will have to remain a possible answer too, as you yourself say, when you say that if war was declared on you then you would defend yourself, that is… you would choose war as your answer to someone declaring war on you. You say “there is always a better way”, but immediately demonstrate that there isn’t always a better way. Unfortunately.

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